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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 6, June 2000

An MFIE-Based Tabulated Interaction Method for UHF Terrain Propagation Problems

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Abstract:

Approximations are introduced into a magnetic field integral equation (MFIE) formulation of a two-dimensional (2-D) terrain scattering problem, which allow most of the integrals inherent in the MFIE to be performed analytically. The implementation of the method is discussed and an example is given comparing its performance against a reference solution and measured data. The new formulation applies to both TM^z and TE^z polarizations and is an improvement over the electric field integral equation (EFIE) formulation of the tabulated interaction method (TIM) in that far-field patterns can be calculated analytically leading to increased flexibility of the method.

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