Electromagnetic modelling of surfaces using method of moments with calculated phase mesh

An alternative method of moments (MoM) solution for the radiation and scattering of surfaces is presented. One limit of MoM is the high number of basis functions needed, for the segmentation of electrically large surfaces. In this study, a conventional MoM solution is defined with quadrilateral surface patches and at least eight rooftop basis functions per wavelength. Galerkin testing is applied. This conventional MoM is extended with a new approach for the surface segmentation, called the calculated phase mesh (CPM). Efficient basis functions are chosen, and their positions on the surface are calculated with the incident field. In the theory part, the number of unknowns for scatterers with electrically large dimensions is reduced by 50%, compared with conventional MoM meshes with eight functions per wavelength. The incident field on surfaces is calculated numerically. This allows the application of CPM on scattering bodies with a variety of field sources, for example, both the near and the far field of antennas. The valid frequency range for the meshes is described. Three numerical examples are presented. In one example, the number of basis functions was reduced to 69.3%, compared with conventional MoM. The third example shows the application on three-dimensional scattering bodies.

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