Using object-oriented programming in computational electromagnetic codes

Author

Zimmerman, M.L. ; Mallasch, P.

Author_Institution

NASA Lewis Res. Center, Analex Corp., Cleveland, OH, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

18-23 June 1995

Firstpage

1099

Abstract

Presently, most computer code development in the computational electromagnetics (CEM) community is done in the structured programming paradigm, particularly with the FORTRAN language. Other segments of the programming community have switched to the object oriented programming (OOP) paradigm in recent years in order to ease the development of highly complex codes. This paper examines how OOP is being used in the design of a hybrid-method time-domain numerical analysis CEM code. Comparisons will be made between the OOP code and a structured programming paradigm code in terms of code maintenance, portability, flexibility and speed.

Keywords

electrical engineering computing; electromagnetism; numerical analysis; object-oriented programming; time-domain analysis; code maintenance; computational electromagnetic codes; computer code development; flexibility; hybrid-method time-domain numerical analysis CEM code; object-oriented programming; portability; structured programming paradigm; Boundary conditions; Computational electromagnetics; Finite difference methods; NASA; Numerical analysis; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Parallel processing; Time domain analysis; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1995. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2719-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1995.530210

Filename

530210