Discontinuous Galerkin Method Using Laguerre Polynomials for Solving a Time-Domain Electric Field Integral Equation

Abstract

A discontinuous Galerkin time-domain electric field integral equation method based on a marching-on-in-degree (MOD) scheme for simulating transient responses of perfect electric conductor objects is proposed in this letter. With the help of half-Rao–Wilton–Glisson spatial basis functions, we can simulate transient scattering responses of three-dimensional structures with either conformal or nonconformal meshes. The weighted Laguerre polynomials are chosen as temporal basis functions and implemented for the MOD scheme. Under such circumstances, the developed algorithm eliminates late-time instabilities and the limitation of Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy criteria. In addition, we adopt a fast-Fourier-transform-based blocking scheme to accelerate the temporal convolution of the MOD procedure. Some numerical examples are given to validate its stability and accuracy.