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Abstract

To improve stability of time-domain integral equation, a stable implicit scheme is proposed to solve the transverse-magnetic (TM) electromagnetic scattering from 2D conducting objects. The time-domain electric-field integral equation (TD-EFIE) was adopted and expressed using second-order derivative of the magnetic vector potential. To reduce numerical error, the magnetic vector potential was approximated by second-order central finite difference. TM transient scattering from 2D conducting objects was calculated by an implicit marching-on-in-time (MOT) scheme. To obtain stable numerical results, the TD-EFIE MOT implicit scheme was firstly combined with the time-averaging technique. The accuracy and stability of the scheme were demonstrated by comparison with the results from inverse discrete Fourier transform technique.

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Dr. Qiang Wang

Professor Li-Xin Guo

Dr. Peng-Ju Yang

Dr. Zhong-Yu Liu