Numerical Analysis for Electromagnetic Intergral Equations

Improve EM simulation efforts fast with this applications-focused resource. This unique volume is the first book on integral equation-based methods that combines quantitative formulas for predicting numerical simulation accuracy together with rigorous error estimates and results for dozens of actual electromagnetics and wave propagation problems. You get the latest insights on accuracy-improving methods like regularization and error-increasing effects such as edge singularities and resonance, along with full details on how to determine mesh density, choice of basis functions, and other parameters needed to optimize any numerical simulation.

Bridging the gap between abstract academic treatments and the real-world needs of engineers, this timely work introduces various surface integral equation formulations, approaches to discretizing the integral equations, and measures of solution accuracy. It gives you numerical methods for 2D radiation and scattering problems, emphasizing concrete solution error bounds with exactly given constants. Moreover, the book provides techniques for higher order basis functions and 3D problems, focusing on smooth scatterers and edge singularity effects. This informative reference also explores problems involving resonant cavities and structures, and features a comprehensive treatment of resonant scatterers. The final chapter covers the convergence of the fast multipole method with iterative linear system solvers, complete with practical methods for improving the efficiency of iterative solutions.

Numerical simulation is essential to electrical engineers working in antenna design, wireless communications, optical systems, and a host of other areas. This new applications-focused book provides engineers with state-of-the-art methods for predicting simulation accuracy, worked-out results for dozens of real-world problems, the latest accuracy-improving techniques, and detailed guidance for all parameters required to optimize numerical simulations. Bridging the gap between abstract academic treatments and practical engineering needs, this timely work introduces various surface integral equation formulations, approaches to discretizing the integral equations, and measures of solution accuracy. All told, this definitive resource is indispensable for all engineers and software developers working with computational simulation tools in electromagnetics and wave propagation.
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Electrical engineers, users of computational simulation tools in electromagnetics and wave propagation, software developers, and graduate-level electrical engineering students.

Karl F. Warnick is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University in Utah, where he earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He is also co-author of Problem Solving in Electromagnetics, Microwave Circuit, and Antenna Design for Communications Engineering (Artech House, 2006).

Weng Cho Chew is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and serves as the dean of faculty of engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of two books, over 300 journal articles, and more than 400 conference papers.