AIM analysis of scattering and radiation by arbitrary surface-wire configurations

Abstract

The adaptive integral method is utilized to solve electromagnetic scattering and radiation problems of conducting surface-wire configurations. The method of moments (MoM) is applied to establish the integral equations where triangular type basis functions are used to represent the currents on surfaces and wires. Attachment mode has been used to model the surface-wire junction to ensure the current continuity. The resultant matrix system is then solved by an iterative solver where the adaptive integral method (AIM) is employed to reduce memory requirements and to accelerate the matrix-vector multiplications. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the present technique for the arbitrary surface-wire configurations. © 2007 IEEE.