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CFDTD

Conformal Finite-Difference Time-Domain Maxwell's Equation Solver

Software and User's Manual
 

Here’s a powerful, full three-dimensional Maxwell’s equations solver that serves as a fast and accurate tool for modeling a wide variety of antenna and arrays, waveguides, cavities, microwave circuits, as well as a useful resource for Radar Cross Section analysis. This cutting-edge CFDTD software package combines visual languages and advanced techniques in computational electromagnetics to simulate the behaviors of complex microwave systems. Designed to handle 220 x 220 x 220 nodes, the software is well-equipped for large-size and high-frequency problems.

The CD-ROM features a friendly graphical user interface, conformal techniques, graphical object input, power data-post module, and interface to several popular mesh generation packages such as AutoCad, GID, FEMAP and PATRAN. The accompanying user’s guide offers clear instruction on the software and describes numerous useful techniques in computational electromagnetics, such as mesh generation, absorbing boundary conditions, and software development methods.

System Requirements:
Windows ME/95/98/2000/XP or newer; 500 MHz or faster; 256 MB or larger; 10 GB of hard disk space or more.

Table of Contents

Patch Antenna. Circular Patch Antenna. Circular Horn Antenna. Troubleshooting.

Part Two: CFDTD Software Package Manual - CFDTD Software Package Introduction. Button and Menu Introduction. Object Types. Object Modifications. Excitation Source. Boundary Conditions. Output Parameters. Mesh Generation. CFDTD Simulation. Conformational FDTD Viewer. Result Display.

Part Three: Conformal FDTD Software Package Applications - Data Processing. Engineering Applications of the CFDTD Software Package.

Part Four: FDTD Techniques - FDTD Methods. Conformal Mesh Techniques. Source Code Demonstration.

Part Five: Conformal FDTD Software Development - Development of Graphical User Interface.

Acronyms. About the Authors. References. Index.

Author Bio

Wenhua Yu is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. A published author, Dr. Yu has written over 70 technical papers. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.

Raj Mittra is a Professor and Director of the Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory in the Electrical Engineering department at Pennsylvania State University. An extensively published author with over 30 books and 700 papers to his credit, Dr. Mittra received the IEEE/APS Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002.