Electromagnetic Modeling of Composite Metaqllic and Dielectric Structures -- Contents v -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 1.1 MoM as a General Approach to Solving Electromagnetic-Field Problems 2 -- 1.2 MoM/SIE, MoM/VIE, and FEM 4 -- 1.3 Basic Classes of Composite Metallic and Dielectric Structures (Material Strucutres) 6 -- 1.4 Methods for Analysis of Thin-Wire Structures 8 -- 1.5 Methods for the Analysis of Metallic Structures 11 -- 1.6 Methods for the Analysis of Composite Metallic and Dielectric Structures 14 -- 1.7 What Is New in This Book? 15 -- 1.8 Survey of Chapters 18 -- References 20 -- 2 MoM 27 -- 2.1 Formulation of Deterministic-Field Problems 27 -- 2.2 Linear Operator Equation 30 -- 2.3 Solution of Integral Equations 33 -- 2.4 Solution of Differential Equations 66 -- 2.5 Choosing the Optimal Method 82 -- 2.6 Summary 83 -- References 84 -- 3 Electromagnetic Theory 87 -- 3.1 Maxwell's Equations 87 -- 3.2 Retarded Potentials 93 -- 3.3 Field Vectors 95 -- 3.4 Volume Equivalence Principle 105 -- 3.5 Duality Relations Between Electric and Magnetic Quantities 107 -- 3.6 Boundary Conditions 108 -- 3.7 Formulation of the Basic Field Problem in the Frequency Domain 113 -- 3.8 Poynting Theorem 115 -- 3.9 Surface Equivalence Principle 116 -- 3.10 Uniqueness Theorem 119 -- 3.11 Summary 125 -- References 126 -- 4 Field Integral Equations 127 -- 4.1 BIEs for Metallic Structures 128 -- 4.2 BIEs for Combined Metallic and Dielectric Structures 162 -- 4.3 CIEs 176 -- 4.4 Hybrid Methods 188 -- 4.5 Summary 196 -- References 197 -- 5 Geometrical Modeling 203 -- 5.1 Wire Structures 204 -- 5.2 Metallic and Dielectric Surfaces 214 -- 5.3 Dielectric Volumes 226 -- 5.4 Wire-to-Plate Junctions and Related Structures 229 -- 5.5 Automatic Parameterization of 3-D Geometries 234 -- 5.6 Automatic Segmentation of Electrically Large Surface Patches 238 -- 5.7 Summary 243.

References 245 -- 6 Approximation of Currents and Fields 251 -- 6.1 Approximation of Currents Along Wires 252 -- 6.2 Approximation of Currents over Generalized Quadrilaterals 271 -- 6.3 Approximation of Currents over (Generalized) Triangles 297 -- 6.4 Generalized Hexahedrons 304 -- 6.5 Generalized Tetrahedrons 310 -- 6.6 Approximation of Currents and Fields Across Junctions of Inompatible Building Elements 311 -- 6.7 Comparison of MoM/SIE, MoM/VIE, and FEM Based on Topological Analysis 314 -- 6.8 Summary 318 -- References 319 -- 7 Treatment of Excitations 323 -- 7.1 Free-Space Waves 323 -- 7.2 Voltage and Current Generators 325 -- 7.3 Guided Waves 329 -- 7.4 Tranfer of Excitation 337 -- 7.5 Summary 339 -- References 339 -- 8 Test Procedure 341 -- 8.1 Testing of Vector Equations in Nonorthogonal Coordinate Systems 341 -- 8.2 Weighted Point-Matching Method 344 -- 8.3 Galerkin Method 354 -- 8.4 Choice of Optimal Test Procedure 365 -- 8.5 Summary 367 -- References 367 -- 9 Practical Examples 369 -- 9.1 TV-UHF Panel Antenna with Radome 370 -- 9.2 Horn Antennas 373 -- 9.3 Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna with Feed and Feed Struts 377 -- 9.4 Stacked Patch Antenna Mounted on an Airplane 380 -- 9.5 Base-Station Antenna with Cosecant Characteristic at 60 GHz 383 -- 9.6 Summary 388 -- References 388 -- About the Authors 391 -- Index 393.