Time-domain scattering modelling of two-dimensional cylinder located on a rough surface

Abstract

Numerical modelling on the transient electromagnetic scattering by a two-dimensional (2D) cylinder located on a time-evolving rough surface is presented by using time-domain integral equations. The proposed special choice of a tapered Gauss pulse incident wave removes the truncation error from the rough surface. Additionally, a two-level averaging technique is utilized to overcome the instability from the time marching procedure of solving integral equations. Excellent correspondences between the surface current distributions, as well as the far-zone fields, computed by the proposed method and that obtained by the traditional method of moments associated with the inverse discrete Fourier transformation scheme demonstrate the accuracy of the modelling. © 2007 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd.