Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Approach in Solving Microwave Guide Problems

Abstract

This paper describes a meshless approach to obtain solutions for propagating microwave problems. The Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is used, based on a local weak form tested with the Heaviside step function. The field is approximated by the Point Interpolation method using radial basis function with additional polynomial basis (RPIMp). TEAM workshop problem 18 is solved and its solution is compared with references from the literature. The results are in good agreement, showing that MLPG can be used as a good alternative to finite elements for this kind of problems.