Syllabus PRELIMINARY
Monday 5th
09:00 – 09:30 - welcome
09:30 – 10:00 - An overview of frequency domain methods (A.Freni)
10:00 – 10:30 - Mathematical aspects common to any frequency domain method Part I (A.Freni)
10:30 – 10:45 - coffee break
10:45 – 12:45 - Mathematical aspects common to any frequency domain method Part II (A.Freni)
12:45 – 14:45 - lunch
14:45 – 16:15 - General Galerkin method. Quizzes and guided discussion (A.Freni)
16:15 – 16:30 - coffee break
16:30 – 10:80 - Review of basics of linear system solvers (A.Freni)
Tuesday 6th
09:30 – 11:00 - Construction of Moment Method programs (part 1)
(Z. Sipus)
11:00 – 11:15 - coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 - Mixed Potential Integral Equations in Electromagnetics: Free space problems. (J.R. Mosig)
12:45 – 14:45 - lunch
14:45 – 16:15 - Mixed Potential Integral Equations in Electromagnetics: Stratified media problems.
(J.R. Mosig)
16:15 – 16:30 - coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 - Examples of the development of Moment Method codes (thin wire antennas, slot antennas). Quizzes and guided discussion (Z. Sipus)
Wednesday 7th
09:30 – 11:00 - Numerical techniques for the Sommerfeld integrals associated with the stratified Green's functions. (J.R. Mosig)
11:00 – 11:15 - coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 - Some advanced topics: cavity-backed antennas, thick slot antennas, antennas with negative permittivity media. (J.R. Mosig)
12:45 – 14:45 - lunch
14:45 – 16:45 - Construction of Moment Method programs (part 2) (Z. Sipus )
16:45 – 17:00 - coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method (A. Freni)
20:00 – course dinner
Thursday 8th
09:00 – 10:30 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method (A. Freni)
10:45 – 11:00 - coffee break
11:00 – 12:45 - Green’s function of periodic structures (A. Skrivervik )
12:45 – 14:45 - lunch
14:45 – 15:45 - Periodic Green's functions and Convergence problems (A. Skrivervik )
15:45 – 16:45 - Periodic MoM (PMoM) (A. Ericsson)
16:45 – 17:00 - coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 - QUPES (A. Ericsson)
Friday 9th
09:00 – 10:00 - Understanding how FEM is implemented in HFSS (A. Di Maria)
10:00 – 11:00 - Domain Decomposition Method (A. Di Maria)
11:00 – 11:15 - coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 - Questions and discussion (A. Skrivervik)
12:15 – 13:00 - Final test and wrap-up