Method of Integral Equations for the Three-Dimensional Problem of Wave Reflection from an Irregular Surface

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1191-1201
Author(s):  
A. S. Il’inskii ◽  
T. N. Galishnikova

The integral-equation method of solving the problem of the diffraction of electromagnetic waves by a perfectly conducting plane screen has been criticized by C. J. Bouwkamp, who claims that it is valid only when certain boundary conditions are satisfied on the edge of the screen. This criticism is answered. It is also shown that, since the equations to be solved are differential-integral equations, an arbitrary function arises in the solution and that this arbitrary function may be chosen so that, although there are singularities at the edge of the screen, there is no radiation of energy from the edge. As an illustration, the three-dimensional problem of diffraction by a half-plane is solved.


Geophysics ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip E. Wannamaker ◽  
Gerald W. Hohmann ◽  
William A. SanFilipo

We have developed an algorithm based on the method of integral equations to simulate the electromagnetic responses of three‐dimensional bodies in layered earths. The inhomogeneities are replaced by an equivalent current distribution which is approximated by pulse basis functions. A matrix equation is constructed using the electric tensor Green’s function appropriate to a layered earth, and it is solved for the vector current in each cell. Subsequently, scattered fields are found by integrating electric and magnetic tensor Green’s functions over the scattering currents. Efficient evaluation of the tensor Green’s functions is a major consideration in reducing computation time. We find that tabulation and interpolation of the six electric and five magnetic Hankel transforms defining the secondary Green’s functions is preferable to any direct Hankel transform calculation using linear filters. A comparison of responses over elongate three‐dimensional (3-D) bodies with responses over two‐dimensional (2-D) bodies of identical cross‐section using plane wave incident fields is the only check available on our solution. Agreement is excellent; however, the length that a 3-D body must have before departures between 2-D transverse electric and corresponding 3-D signatures are insignificant depends strongly on the layering. The 2-D transverse magnetic and corresponding 3-D calculations agree closely regardless of the layered host.


2019 ◽  
Vol 968 ◽  
pp. 496-510
Author(s):  
Anatoly Grigorievich Zelensky

Classical and non-classical refined theories of plates and shells, based on various hypotheses [1-7], for a wide class of boundary problems, can not describe with sufficient accuracy the SSS of plates and shells. These are boundary problems in which the plates and shells undergo local and burst loads, have openings, sharp changes in mechanical and geometric parameters (MGP). The problem also applies to such elements of constructions that have a considerable thickness or large gradient of SSS variations. The above theories in such cases yield results that can differ significantly from those obtained in a three-dimensional formulation. According to the logic in such theories, the accuracy of solving boundary problems is limited by accepted hypotheses and it is impossible to improve the accuracy in principle. SSS components are usually depicted in the form of a small number of members. The systems of differential equations (DE) obtained here have basically a low order. On the other hand, the solution of boundary value problems for non-thin elastic plates and shells in a three-dimensional formulation [8] is associated with great mathematical difficulties. Only in limited cases, the three-dimensional problem of the theory of elasticity for plates and shells provides an opportunity to find an analytical solution. The complexity of the solution in the exact three-dimensional formulation is greatly enhanced if complex boundary conditions or physically nonlinear problems are considered. Theories in which hypotheses are not used, and SSS components are depicted in the form of infinite series in transverse coordinates, will be called mathematical. The approximation of the SSS component can be adopted in the form of various lines [9-16], and the construction of a three-dimensional problem to two-dimensional can be accomplished by various methods: projective [9, 14, 16], variational [12, 13, 15, 17]. The effectiveness and accuracy of one or another variant of mathematical theory (MT) depends on the complex methodology for obtaining the basic equations.


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