The electric field integral equation (EFIE) combined with the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is applied to analyze the radiation and impedance properties of wire antennas mounted on complex conducting pla...The electric field integral equation (EFIE) combined with the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is applied to analyze the radiation and impedance properties of wire antennas mounted on complex conducting platforms to realize fast, accurate solutions. Wire, surface and junction basis functions are used to model the current distribution on the object. Application of MLFMA reduces memory requirement and computing time compared to conventional methods, such as method of moment (MOM), especially for the antenna on a large-sized platform. Generalized minimal residual (GMRES) solver with incomplete LU factorization preconditioner using a dual dropping strategy (ILUT) is applied to reduce the iterative number. Several typical numerical examples are presented to validate this algorithm and show the accuracy and computational efficiency.展开更多
An efficient analyzing approach is presented for large slotted-waveguide antenna arrays by using hybrid finite element-boundary integral-multilevel fast multipole algorithm（FE-BI-MLFMA）in this paper.A simple computa...An efficient analyzing approach is presented for large slotted-waveguide antenna arrays by using hybrid finite element-boundary integral-multilevel fast multipole algorithm（FE-BI-MLFMA）in this paper.A simple computation model for slotted-waveguide antenna is presented by using thin current probe excitation and perfectly matched layer（PML）absorber.Since each slotted-waveguide antenna can be considered as a single sub-domain,the domain decomposition algorithm（DDA）can be applied to FE-BI-MLFMA to greatly reduce the computation resources and achieve high efficiency.This DDA-FE-BI-MLMFA is parallelized to further strength its capability.The comparisons of the computed radiation patterns with measured data and results from the commercial software show that our method has good accuracy for slottedwaveguide array.Then the influence of mutual coupling between adjacent slotted-waveguides is studied.To demonstrate capability of the presented method,a carefully designed large X-band slotted-waveguide antenna array containing eighteen waveguides with Taylor amplitude and inverse phase excitation distribution are analyzed in the paper.展开更多
The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity desig...The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity design methods,particularly when addressing high-dimensional complex engineering design problems.To address these challenges,we developed a surface sensitivity technique based on the multilevel fast multipole algorithm(MLFMA).An access and storage of sparse partial derivative tensor was improved to significantly enhanced the computation performance.The far-field interactions of the surface sensitivity equation were realized by differential the multipole expansion.In addition,we proposed a fast far-field multiplication method to accelerate the multiplication process.The surface mesh derivative with respect to the design variables was calculated by analytical and complex variable methods,substantially improving computational efficiency.These advancements enabled the MLFMAbased surface sensitivity method to millions meshes and large-scale gradients,extending gradientbased optimization for very large electrical size problems.Test cases have verified the effectiveness of this method in optimizing very large electrical objects in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.展开更多
基金This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60431010).
文摘The electric field integral equation (EFIE) combined with the multilevel fast multipole algorithm (MLFMA) is applied to analyze the radiation and impedance properties of wire antennas mounted on complex conducting platforms to realize fast, accurate solutions. Wire, surface and junction basis functions are used to model the current distribution on the object. Application of MLFMA reduces memory requirement and computing time compared to conventional methods, such as method of moment (MOM), especially for the antenna on a large-sized platform. Generalized minimal residual (GMRES) solver with incomplete LU factorization preconditioner using a dual dropping strategy (ILUT) is applied to reduce the iterative number. Several typical numerical examples are presented to validate this algorithm and show the accuracy and computational efficiency.
基金Supported by the National Key Basic Research Program(973 Program)(2012CB720702,61320602)the 111 Project of China(B14010)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61371002)
文摘An efficient analyzing approach is presented for large slotted-waveguide antenna arrays by using hybrid finite element-boundary integral-multilevel fast multipole algorithm（FE-BI-MLFMA）in this paper.A simple computation model for slotted-waveguide antenna is presented by using thin current probe excitation and perfectly matched layer（PML）absorber.Since each slotted-waveguide antenna can be considered as a single sub-domain,the domain decomposition algorithm（DDA）can be applied to FE-BI-MLFMA to greatly reduce the computation resources and achieve high efficiency.This DDA-FE-BI-MLMFA is parallelized to further strength its capability.The comparisons of the computed radiation patterns with measured data and results from the commercial software show that our method has good accuracy for slottedwaveguide array.Then the influence of mutual coupling between adjacent slotted-waveguides is studied.To demonstrate capability of the presented method,a carefully designed large X-band slotted-waveguide antenna array containing eighteen waveguides with Taylor amplitude and inverse phase excitation distribution are analyzed in the paper.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFB3002800).
文摘The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity design methods,particularly when addressing high-dimensional complex engineering design problems.To address these challenges,we developed a surface sensitivity technique based on the multilevel fast multipole algorithm(MLFMA).An access and storage of sparse partial derivative tensor was improved to significantly enhanced the computation performance.The far-field interactions of the surface sensitivity equation were realized by differential the multipole expansion.In addition,we proposed a fast far-field multiplication method to accelerate the multiplication process.The surface mesh derivative with respect to the design variables was calculated by analytical and complex variable methods,substantially improving computational efficiency.These advancements enabled the MLFMAbased surface sensitivity method to millions meshes and large-scale gradients,extending gradientbased optimization for very large electrical size problems.Test cases have verified the effectiveness of this method in optimizing very large electrical objects in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.
