State of the art in the method of moments

Abstract

This article presents new developments in the method of moments (MOM). IT describes some variants of this method which deal with general bodies composed of metallic and dielectric structures. Some procedures are presented which combine the method of moments with analytical methods in order to solve additional problem classes in the area of EMC. Two of these approaches are able to analyse the shielding effectiveness (SE) of electromagnetic shields consisting of nonperfectly conductive materials. Both procedures can be implemented by the method of moments. Two other techniques, which are outlined, are able to treat the induction in lines close to metallic surfaces and to analyse the voltages coupled into cables.