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A class of hybrid finite element methods for electromagnetics: a review

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Pages 1095-1124 | Published online: 03 Apr 2012
 

Abstract

Integral equation methods have generally been the workhorse for antenna and scattering computations. In the case of antennas, they continue to be the prominent computational approach, but for scattering applications the requirement for large-scale computations has turned researchers' attention to near neighbor methods such as the finite element method, which has low O(N) storage requirements and is readily adaptable in modeling complex geometrical features and material inhomogeneities. In this paper, we review three hybrid finite element methods for simulating composite scatterers, conformal microstrip antennas and finite periodic arrays. Specifically, we discuss the finite element method and its application to electromagnetic problems when combined with the boundary integral, absorbing boundary conditions and artificial absorbers for terminating the mesh. Particular attention is given to large-scale simulations, methods and solvers for achieving low memory requirements and code performance on parallel computing architectures.

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