Docente/i: Maurizio Bozzi  

Denominazione del corso: Computational electromagnetics
Codice del corso: 505150
Corso di laurea: Electronic Engineering
Sede: Pavia
Settore scientifico disciplinare: ING-INF/02
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Electronic Engineering
Crediti formativi: CFU 6
Sito web del corso: n.d.

Obiettivi formativi specifici

The course aims to illustrate the most common numerical techniques adopted for the electromagnetic modeling of microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and antennas. At the end of this course, the student will be able to select the most appropriate numerical technique to solve a specific electromagnetic problem, and to implement computer programs to solve simple problems. Moreover, the student will be able to use some of the most popular commercial electromagnetic programs and to critically evaluate the numerical results.

The course will be taught in English.

Programma del corso

Introduction to computational electromagnetics.
The Finite-Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and Finite-Difference Frequency Domain (FDFD) methods.
The Method of Moments (MoM).
The Finite Element Method (FEM).
The Boundary Element Method (BEM).
Hybrid methods: MoM/BI-RME Method.
Modal techniques.

Prerequisiti

Basic knowledge of electromagnetic field theory, microwaves, and mathematical methods.

Tipologia delle attività formative

Lezioni (ore/anno in aula): 36
Esercitazioni (ore/anno in aula): 18
Attività pratiche (ore/anno in aula): 0

Materiale didattico consigliato

M. N. O. Sadiku. Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics. CRC press, 2000.

R. F. Harrington. Field Computation by Moment Methods. IEEE Press, 1993. (reference reading).

Jianming Jin. The finite element method in electromagnetics. J.Wiley & Sons, 1993. (reference reading).

R. Mittra and S.W. Lee. Analytical Techniques in the Theory of Guided Waves. The Macmillan Company, 1971. (reference reading).

Lecture notes.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

There will be an oral exam with the discussion of a project developed during the course.