Faceted UTD

With this option the UTD parameters for faceted UTD for planar and curved faces are specified.



Figure 1. The UT - Specify the UTD/RL-GO parameters dialog, set to Faceted UTD.

Parameters:

Use faceted UTD on all surfaces with label
The label to which the faceted UTD should be applied
(optionally) up to label
The label up to which the faceted UTD should be applied. Faceted UTD will not be applied to labels outside of the range between this field and the label in the previous field.
Max no. of ray interactions
This parameter gives the maximal number of ray-interactions. If for example, the parameter is set to 3, a ray can have 3 reflections. If set to 0, only direct rays are taken into account.
Export ray file for post-processing
When this item is checked the ray information is exported to the .bof and .ray files. Activate this option if ray paths are to be displayed in POSTFEKO where the ray information is read from the .bof file. The exported ray information may result in a large .ray file and a dramatic increase in the .bof file size. For parallel runs the run-time can also increase significantly when exporting ray data.
The following abbreviations are used in the .ray file and POSTFEKO:
  • ·：形状サーフェス上のクリーピング波中間点
  • B：エッジでの回折
  • D：コーナーでの回折（ウェッジの場合）
  • E：コーナーでの回折（エッジの場合）
  • K：ウェッジでの回折
  • Q：給電点
  • R：反射
  • S：観測点
  • C：形状サーフェス上のクリーピング波接続/分岐点
  • V：クリーピング波のシャドウ境界での反射
Ray contributions
Determines which ray contributions to take into account.
Direct field
Direct rays are taken into account.
Surface reflection
Rays reflected from planar and curved surfaces are taken into account.
Edge and wedge diffraction
Diffraction on edges and wedges are taken into account.
Creeping waves
Creeping waves on curved surfaces.
Increasing the type and number of ray interactions increases accuracy and the computation time. The user should therefore make a compromise between the number of ray interactions and the ray contributions. Choices made in this card should be made on physical considerations to get optimal use from the UTD formulation.

The following restrictions apply for the faceted UTD:

  • Only PEC structures are allowed (no dielectric bodies, thin dielectric sheets or coatings are allowed).
  • Only planar triangles are allowed.
  • The faceted UTD may not be used in conjunction with other solution methods.