PO-BASED CHARACTERISTIC BASIS FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (CBFEM-PO)-A PARALLEL, ITERATION-FREE DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM USING PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYERS FOR LARGE-SCALE ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING PROBLEMS


Ozgun O., Mittra R., KUZUOĞLU M.

MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, cilt.52, sa.5, ss.1053-1060, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/mop.25134
  • Dergi Adı: MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1053-1060
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this article, we introduce a new type of Characteristic Basis Finite Element Method (CBFEM), which is based on the concepts of Physical Optics (PO) and Perfectly Matched Layers (PMLs), for solving large-scale electromagnetic scattering problems in a rigorous and efficient manner. This parallel and iteration-free technique, called CBFEM-PO, decomposes the computational domain into a number of subdomains, and generates three types of characteristic basis functions (CBEs) that are specially-tailored to each individual subdomain. Of these, the first two types of CBEs are comprised of primary and secondary bases arising from the self-interactions in each subdomain and mutual-couplings between different subdomains, respectively. They are obtained by solving the localized problem in each subdomain, isolated by PML regions. The third-type of CBEs are derived by using the PO fields for different incident angles, polarization, and frequency. Two important salutary features of the proposed technique are: considerable reduction in the matrix size, which makes it feasible to use direct solvers; and convenient parallelizability that enables us to decrease the overall computation time by utilizing parallel platforms. We present a number of representative examples to illustrate the versatility of the method in solving 3D electromagnetic scattering problems. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1053-1060, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25134