Scattering from a thin perfectly-conducting square plate

Extensive numerical experiments on the scattering from a thin perfectly conducting square plate have been carried out to assess the performance of the exact analytical expressions for the electromagnetic field of a rectangular patch with uniform and linear distributions of current, in connection with the method of moments. Two solution schemes, employing pulses and roof-top functions for approximating the surface current on the plate, have been used. Convergence rates and results for the two solution schemes are compared with each other, as well as with an efficient solution by A.W. Glisson and D.R. Wilton (1980). The overall performance indicated by the numerical experiments suggests that it would be useful to use the exact numerical expressions in the solution of problems where accurate computation of the field radiated by such current sources is required.<<ETX>>

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