3D hp-Adaptive Finite Element Simulations of Bend, Step, and Magic-T Electromagnetic Waveguide Structures

Metallic rectangular waveguides are often the preferred choice on telecommunication systems and medical equipment working on the upper microwave and millimeter wave frequency bands due to the simplicity of its geometry, low losses, and the capacity to handle high powers. Waveguide translational symmetry is interrupted by the unavoidable presence of bends, transitions, and junctions, among others. This paper employs a 3D hp self-adaptive grid-refinement finite element strategy for the solution of these relevant electromagnetic waveguide problems. These structures often incorporate dielectrics, metallic screws, round corners, and so on, which may facilitate its construction or improve its design, but significantly difficult its modeling when employing semi-analytical techniques. The hp-adaptive finite element method enables accurate modeling of these structures even in the presence of complex materials and geometries. Numerical results demonstrate the suitability of the hp-adaptive method for modeling these waveguide structures, delivering errors below 0.5% with a limited number of unknowns. Solutions of waveguide problems obtained with the self-adaptive hp-FEM are of comparable accuracy to those obtained with semi-analytical techniques such as the Mode Matching method, for problems where the latest methods can be applied. At the same time, the hp-adaptive FEM enables accurate modeling of more complex waveguide structures.TEC2010-18175/TCM MTM2010-1651

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A Modular Approach to FEM-MOM Hybridization for the Analysis of Finite Arrays of Antennas

A modular approach is proposed to combine MoM and FEM for the fast analysis of finite arrays. The hybridization of MOM with FEM is obtained by using FEM to produce primary and secondary Macro Basis Functions (MBFs). A special mesh truncation technique based on domain decomposition is used. Once the MBFs are obtained, the finite array is solved via a reduced MOM problem with the MBFs so obtained as basis functions. The implementations of MOM+MBF and FEM methods are made in separate codes using surface triangular, and volumetric tetrahedral meshes, respectively.Anglai