Title :
Duffy Method for Evaluation of Weakly Singular SIE Potential Integrals Over Curved Quadrilaterals With Higher Order Basis Functions
Author :
ManicÌ, Ana B. ; DjordjevicÌ, Miroslav ; Notaros̆, Branislav M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
A Duffy method for singularity cancellation is proposed for evaluation of weakly singular potential integrals defined on generalized curved parametric quadrilateral patches with polynomial basis functions. Such integrals arise in evaluation of Galerkin matrix elements in method-of-moments analysis of antennas and scatterers in cases of coincident source and test elements. Examples demonstrate that the proposed Duffy method is more accurate, more rapidly converging with the increase of orders of Gauss-Legendre integration formulas, and faster to execute than four other methods for singularity treatment considered in the study.
Keywords :
Galerkin method; antenna theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; matrix algebra; method of moments; polynomials; Duffy method; Galerkin matrix element evaluation; Gauss-Legendre integration formulas; antennas; coincident source; generalized curved parametric quadrilateral patches; higher order basis functions; method-of-moments analysis; polynomial basis functions; scatterers; singularity cancellation; test elements; weakly singular SIE potential integral evaluation; Accuracy; Convergence; Impedance; Manganese; Method of moments; Polynomials; Surface impedance; Coordinate transformation; Duffy method; curved parametric elements; higher order modeling; singular potential integrals; singularity cancellation; singularity extraction;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2014.2309971