Uniform theory of diffraction
- Uniform theory of diffraction
In numerical analysis, uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (UTD) is a high frequency method for solving electromagnetic scattering problems from electrically small discontinuities or discontinuities in more than one dimension at the same point.
The uniform theory of diffraction approximates near field electromagnetic fields as quasi optical and uses ray diffraction to determine diffraction coefficients for each diffracting object-source combination. These coefficients are then used to calculate the field strength and phase for each direction away from the diffracting point.
These fields are then added to the incident fields and reflected fields to obtain a total solution.
ee also
* Electromagnetic modeling
References
R. G. Kouyoumjian and P. H. Pathak, "A uniform geometrical theory of diffraction for an edge in a perfectly conducting surface," "Proc. IEEE", vol. 62, pp. 1448-1461, November 1974.
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