PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
In spite of the fact that the finite element method has been applied to the analysis of problems in electromagnetics for nearly thirty years and, as a result, a large number of research articles have been published during this period, few texts and research books have been written on the subject. This is particularly true in the areas of scattering and radiation. The situation is in sharp contrast to other engineering fields, such as structural analysis and fluid dynamics, where many textbooks have been published with emphasis ranging from theory to applications.
For two reasons, the author feels that a book is necessary describing the theory and applications of the finite element method in electromagnetics. The first is related to the fact that there has been no suitable text on the finite element method for use in computational electromagnetics courses at the graduate level.1 Such courses have been offered in many universities around the world in response to the increasing use of the finite element method for analysis and design of electromagnetic devices. The second reason is due to the growing demand for a comprehensive reference book on the finite element method which would provide researchers in electromagnetics a broad view of the topic. The lack of a suitable reference book has been an inconvenience for many researchers in the area.
This book is written to address the two concerns mentioned above and is intended to serve as a text for graduate ...
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