PARAMETRIC MAPPING OF VECTOR BASIS FUNCTIONS FOR SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATION FORMULATIONS

Abstract

A parametric mapping of vector basis functions is presented for curved-patch discretizations of surface integral equations. The mapping of the vector basis function maintains the normal continuity of the surface current density at cell boundaries, and is therefore suitable for use with the electric-field integral equation. Expressions for the matrix elements associated with the electric and magnetic field integral equations are developed. [Vol. 10, No. 3 (1995), Special Issue on Advances in the Application of Method of Moments to Electromagnetic Radiation and Scattering Problems, pp 107-115]