Time Domain Integral Equation Analysis of Scattering From Composite Bodies via Exact Evaluation of Radiation Fields

A novel marching on in time and Poggio-Miller-Chang-Harrington-Wu-Tsai (PMCHWT)-based time domain integral equation solver for analyzing transient scattering from composite multiregion structures comprising homogeneous penetrable volumes and perfectly conducting surfaces is presented. To render the marching on in time procedure stable, observer and source integrals are approximated via multipoint collocation and evaluated in closed form. The proposed scheme avoids the costly evaluation of five dimensional integrals required in full space-time Galerkin schemes, and proves to be stable for all targets investigated, including coated perfect electrically conducting surfaces and multiregion penetrable volumes.

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