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A computational code has been developed for analyzing 3-D radiation problems in curved geometries. To accomplish this, a suitable formulation is developed considering Maxwell equations in a general coordinate system and numerically solved by the use of a parallel curvilinear finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. In order to validate the computational code, the method analyzes a microstrip antenna mounted on a curved surface. The results obtained by the developed code are then compared to those generated by the conventional (orthogonal) FDTD method and by experimental measurements.
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dos Santos, R.O., de Oliveira, R.M.S., Barros, F.J.B., da S.S. Sobrinho, C.L. (2004). Analysis of a Cylindrical Microstrip Antenna by the Nonorthogonal FDTD Method and Parallel Processing. In: de Souza, J.N., Dini, P., Lorenz, P. (eds) Telecommunications and Networking - ICT 2004. ICT 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27824-5_8
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