A Novel Wedge Diffraction Modeling Using Method of Moments (MoM)
Keywords:
Diffraction, high frequency asymptotics, Method of Moments (MoM), wedgeAbstract
Scattering from edges and/or tips (i.e., diffraction) has long been modeled using different approaches. Initially, it was handled analytically using high frequency asymptotics (HFA). Parallel to the development in computer technology diffraction has begun to be modeled using numerical approaches also. Here, method of moments (MoM) is used to model the canonical wedge scattering problem and a novel, generally applicable procedure is introduced to extract diffracted fields and diffraction coefficients.
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