Effects of using different boundary conditions and computational domain dimensions on modeling and simulations of periodic metamaterial arrays in microwave frequencies

Turkmen O., EKMEKÇİ E., Turhan-Sayan G.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RF AND MICROWAVE COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING, vol.23, no.4, pp.459-465, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/mmce.20734
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RF AND MICROWAVE COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.459-465
  • Keywords: double band metamaterials, numerical simulations, boundary conditions, electromagnetic coupling, SPLIT-RING-RESONATOR, DESIGN
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate the effects of using different boundary conditions and different computational volume dimensions in numerical simulations of periodic metamaterial arrays. A double band metamaterial unit cell design will be utilized to show that use of different boundary conditions may result in simulation of dissimilar periodic array topologies with completely different electromagnetic responses. It will also be shown that dimensions of the computational volume may strongly affect the overall response of the metamaterial structure due to varying electromagnetic coupling between the array elements. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2013.