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Simon & Kishk 2005
Simon, A.E. and Kishk, A.A. (2005). Implementation of the asymptotic corrugation boundary condition in the finite difference time domain method. Radio Science 40: doi: 10.1029/2004RS003148. issn: 0048-6604.

Geometry description in the finite difference time domain method is a tedious task if the geometry contains fine details, such as the case of corrugated objects. Such fine details constrain the cell size. The corrugated object can be modeled using the asymptotic corrugation boundary condition (ACBC) with a correction due to the width-over-period ratio. The ACBC forces certain field distributions inside the corrugation and allows for the removal of the corrugation teeth to have a homogeneous region with enforced field behavior that represents the actual corrugations. The ACBC approach is found to be accurate when the number of corrugations per wavelength is large (typically around 10 corrugations per wavelength). Computed results using ACBC are in good agreement with detailed simulations, which demonstrates the validity of the asymptotic approximations. Last, a major improvement in the computation time is achieved when using the ACBC to model structures that have a large number of corrugations per wavelength.

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Keywords
Electromagnetics, Numerical methods, Electromagnetics, Scattering and diffraction, Electromagnetics, Guided waves, asymptotic corrugation boundary conditions, FDTD
Journal
Radio Science
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American Geophysical Union
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