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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 46 Number 7, July 1998

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Accurate Solution of Square Scatterer as Benchmark for Validation of Electromagnetic Modeling of Plate Structures

Branko M. Kolundzˇija, Member, IEEE

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Abstract:

An infinitesimally thin-square scatterer, of size \lambda \times \lambda, excited normally by an incident plane wave, which is polarized along a scatterer edge, is analyzed. The accurate solution of its current distribution is found in the form of double series of basis functions, which automatically satisfy the continuity equation at plate edges and include the edge effect. The coefficients that multiply basis functions are determined starting from the electric field integral equation by using the Galerkin method. The solution obtained for the order of approximation n=8 is adopted as a benchmark. The corresponding coefficients are tabulated and graphs of such obtained current distribution are given. The solution adopted as a benchmark is applied for comparison of rooftop basis functions and polynomial entire-domain basis functions. The relative error of the mean absolute value of current deviation is used as an error metric.

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