{"title":"Validating Computational Software With Exact Analytical Solutions: A review of the last three decades","authors":"Danilo Erricolo","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3537405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3537405","url":null,"abstract":"Exact analytical solutions of canonical electromagnetic scattering problems that have been developed in the last 30 years are reviewed to emphasize that many geometrical shapes exist for the validation of computational electromagnetic (CEM) methods. The focus is on exact solutions that can be computed as the sum of series expansions, where the expansion coefficients are known analytically and do not require, for example, the solution of a system of equations. The introduction of a class of artificial materials, known as <italic>isorefractive</i>, has enabled the development of new analytical solutions, some of which involve complications not previously found, such as involving different materials, sharp edges, and cavities. In addition, other complicated geometries have been examined to create new exact solutions, without requiring the use of isorefractive materials. Many numerical evaluations exist for the new exact solutions so that for the purposes of numerical validations, one could simply use the existing ones.","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"64-75"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10973175","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computational Electromagnetics Code Validation and the Electromagnetic Code Consortium: Case studies, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.","authors":"Daniel L. Dault;Lance Griffiths","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3537413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3537413","url":null,"abstract":"We examine validation of computational electromagnetic (CEM) codes through the lens of the Electromagnetic Code Consortium (EMCC), a group of U.S. government and associated CEM practitioners that was active from the 1980s through the 2010s. Available EMCC validation cases are summarized, and several practical validation challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations are provided. Finally, one of the original EMCC cases, the metallic “business card,” is revisited to illustrate some challenges of matching modeled and measured results and their possible resolution. An integrated team-based approach to constructing validation cases and diagnosing discrepancies between modeled and measured data is recommended.","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"10-19"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jurassic Park: The Lost World of Antennas [Historically Speaking]","authors":"Stefano Selleri;Trevor S. Bird","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3538259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3538259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"120-127"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10973222","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short Courses","authors":"Raymond P. Wasky","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3539111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3539111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"111-111"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10973217","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benchmarking-Charge-Conserving, Unconditionally Stable, Electromagnetic Finite-Element Particle-in-Cell Codes: Validating 3D nonlinear multiphysics simulations","authors":"Omkar H. Ramachandran;B. Shanker","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3537958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3537958","url":null,"abstract":"To a large extent, particle-in-cell (PIC) methods have become the default means of understanding plasma physics. As a result, there are a spate of codes, public and otherwise, that are heavily used. Most of these codes fall under two categories: 1) they largely deal with electrostatic problems or 2) are 1D/2D. As a result, there is a paucity of benchmarking tests that can be used to validate codes and methods that are used to analyze 3D problems. This is especially true when designing methods that seek to break conventional analysis methods, like using unstructured meshes or implicit time-stepping schemes. This review seeks to address this need. We present a number of results that one can use to validate and benchmark 3D electromagnetic finite-element method PIC (EM-FEMPIC) codes for collisionless plasma and beam dynamics systems. Three test cases are presented in significant detail, including beam expansion due to static space-charge expansion, the acceleration of a relativistic bunch by an radio-frequency (RF)-accelerating structure, and benchmarks of accuracy and energy conservation of the particle push. The presented results are compared against either analytical data or those from other codes.","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"76-86"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance Benchmarking With the Austin RCS Benchmark Suite: Beyond empirical verification and validation","authors":"Andrew Maicke;Jon T. Kelley;Ali E. Yilmaz","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3537557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3537557","url":null,"abstract":"The realized performance (error–cost tradeoff) of three computational electromagnetic (CEM) methods, which use parallel algorithms on a supercomputer to predict the radar cross section (RCS) of complex targets, are quantified using the Austin RCS Benchmark Suite. The article demonstrates how modern benchmark suites can be used to evaluate CEM methods empirically and compare their performances objectively. <p>The Austin RCS Benchmark Suite <xref>[1]</xref>, <xref>[2]</xref> has recently been populated with 20 carefully selected problem sets that span a wide range in six dimensions of computational difficulty <xref>[3]</xref>.</p>","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"95-108"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation - 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2025.3539165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2025.3539165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":"67 2","pages":"119-119"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10973142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}