Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics

Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics provides an in-depth introduction of the three main full-wave numerical methods in computational electromagnetics (CEM); namely, the method of moment (MoM), the finite element method (FEM), and the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerous monographs can be found addressing one of the above three methods. However, few give a broad general overview of essentials embodied in these methods, or were published too early to include recent advances. Furthermore, many existing monographs only present the final numerical results without specifying practical issues, such as how to convert discretized formulations into computer programs, and the numerical characteristics of the computer programs. In this book, the authors elaborate the above three methods in CEM using practical case studies, explaining their own research experiences along with a review of current literature. A full analysis is provided for typical cases, including characteristics of numerical methods, helping beginners to develop a quick and deep understanding of the essentials of CEM.

• Outlines practical issues, such as how to convert discretized formulations into computer programs
• Gives typical computer programs and their numerical characteristics along with line by line explanations of programs
• Uses practical examples from the authors' own work as well as in the current literature
• Includes exercise problems to give readers a better understanding of the material
• Introduces the available commercial software and their limitations

This book is intended for graduate-level students in antennas and propagation, microwaves, microelectronics, and electromagnetics. This text can also be used by researchers in electrical and electronic engineering, and software developers interested in writing their own code or understanding the detailed workings of code.

Companion website for the book: www.wiley.com/go/sheng/cem

Xin-Qing Sheng, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Xin-Qing Sheng is a Chang-Jiang Professor at the School of Information and Electronics at the Beijing Institute of Technology. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, scattering and antenna analysis, electromagnetic compatibility, and microwave imaging. He has authored and coauthored over 70 papers in refereed journals, as well as two books. He has written SINOCOM, the simulation software for scattering by complex targets. Sheng is a recipient of the 1995 President Awards of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 2001 One Hundred Talents Program awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 2004 Cheung Kong Scholar Program awarded by the Ministry of Education, China. Sheng has taught the course 'Modern Computational Electromagnetics' for graduate-level students using the book 'A Brief Treatise on Computational Electromagnetics'(in Chinese ) for 5 years. He holds a B.S., M.S., and PhD in Electronic Engineering and Information Science from The University of Science and Technology of China.

Wei Song, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Wei Song is an Assistant Professor of the School of Information and Electronics at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Her research interests include computational electromagnetics, scattering, antennas, and metamaterial analysis. She has published several papers on the topic of numerical methods and metamaterials. She also has contributed a chapter to FDTD Modeling of Metamaterials: Theory and Applications (Artech House Publishers, 2008). She holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering, specializing in Electromagnetics, awarded by the Antennas and Radio Propagation Research Group at University of London.