Monte Carlo Integration Technique for Method of Moments Solution of EFIE in Scattering Problems

Mrinal MISHRA, Nisha GUPTA

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DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2009.14039                

Abstract

An integration technique based on use of Monte Carlo Integration is proposed for Method of Moments solution of Electric Field Integral Equation. As an example numerical analysis is carried out for the solution of the integral equation for unknown current distribution on metallic plate structures. The entire domain polynomial basis functions are employed in the MOM formulation which leads to only small number of matrix elements thus saving significant computer time and storage. It is observed that the proposed method not only provides solution of the unknown current distribution on the surface of the metallic plates but is also capable of dealing with the problem of singularity efficiently.

Keywords

Scattering, EFIE, Method of Moments, Monte Carlo Integration

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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