A Straight-Forward Method of Moments Procedure to Solve the Time Domain Integral Equation Applicable to PEC Bodies via Triangular Patch Modeling

In this work, a simple and straight-forward method of moments solution (MOM) procedure is presented to obtain the induced current distribution on an arbitrarily-shaped conducting body illuminated by a Gaussian plane wave directly in the time domain using a patch modeling approach. The method presented in this work, besides being stable, is also capable of handling multiple excitation pulses of varying frequency content incident from different directions in a trivial manner. The method utilizes standard Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) functions and simple triangular functions for the space and time variables, respectively, for both expansion and testing. The method adopts conventional MOM and requires no further manipulation invariably needed in standard time-marching methods. The moment matrix generated via this scheme is a block-wise Toeplitz matrix and, hence, the solution is extremely efficient. The method is validated by comparing the results with the data obtained from the frequency domain solution. Several simple and complex numerical results are presented to validate the procedure.