A Streamline Upwind/ Petrov-Galerkin FEM based time-accurate solution of 3D time-domain Maxwell's equations for dispersive materials

Although the simulation of most broadband frequency responses are made under the assumption of constant electromagnetic material parameters, this is not a valid assumption for many materials found in nature. In this dissertation the time-accurate solution of the 3D time-domain Maxwell’s equations for dispersive materials in a Streamline Upwind/Petrov-Galerkin framework is investigated. For this purpose the permittivity associated with a material is expressed as a matrix, enabling the solution of anisotropic material models with multiple poles. Here diagonally isotropic models with up to 2 poles are investigated. Near-field to far-field transformations are implemented to enable the solution of open boundary problems such as radiation patterns and radar cross sections. A unified perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary layer is implemented to efficiently terminate the computational region. Numerical simulations of these equations are tightly coupled together and compared against a loosely coupled approach to improve efficiency. An alternative diagonal stabilization matrix is proposed which is implemented and compared with a non-sparse stabilization matrix derived from the flux Jacobians. Along with this new stabilization parameter, scalability is improved by coupling the equations for the perfectly matched layer with those of Maxwell’s equations. Further efficiency gains are achieved by allowing for a variable number of equations to be solved throughout the domain.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Rajamohan, Srijith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, William Kyle
• Matthews, John V., III; Sreenivas, Kidambi; Swafford, Timothy W.; Wang, Li; Alp, Neslihan
• College of Engineering and Computer Science

• Galerkin methods -- Computer simulation
• Maxwell equations

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English, eng

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https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/134

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oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1269