An accessible two-dimensional moment method analysis for composite antenna models

This paper describes the use of a two-dimensional (2D) method of moments analysis for electromagnetic scattering & radiation from objects comprised of both conducting and penetrable material (that is, composite objects). Such analyses are not available as existing commercial codes. Yet two-dimensional analyses are often able to reveal information about a situation whose 3D analysis is not feasible even by present day computational standards. We highlight a formulation that is accessible in the sense that a very complete version is available in such detail that it is relatively easily implementable, add some clarification of certain quantities, and describe some applications.