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Analysis of wire antennas mounted on large perfectly conducting platforms using MLFMA. (English) Zbl 1222.78029

Summary: The electric field integral equation (EFIE) combined with the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is applied to analyze the radiation and impedance properties of wire antennas mounted on complex conducting platforms to realize fast, accurate solutions. Wire, surface and junction basis functions are used to model the current distribution on the object. Application of MLFMA reduces memory requirement and computing time compared to conventional methods, such as method of moment (MOM), especially for the antenna on a large-sized platform. Generalized minimal residual (GMRES) solver with incomplete LU factorization preconditioner using a dual dropping strategy (ILUT) is applied to reduce the iterative number. Several typical numerical examples are presented to validate this algorithm and show the accuracy and computational efficiency.

MSC:

78A50 Antennas, waveguides in optics and electromagnetic theory
78M16 Multipole methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory
65F10 Iterative numerical methods for linear systems
78M05 Method of moments applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory
65F35 Numerical computation of matrix norms, conditioning, scaling
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