Impedance on thin wire dipole using method of moments

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The discussion focuses on calculating the input impedance of a thin wire dipole antenna using Pocklington's integral equation and the Method of Moments. The antenna is modeled with 7 segments, a length of 0.47λ, and a radius of 0.005λ. The user implements the solution in MATLAB, utilizing the quadgk() function for numerical integration of the Green's function. The resulting impedance calculation yields (1.5541e+01 + 4.8658e+02j), which does not align with the expected value of approximately (100 + j100), indicating potential issues with the integration process.

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Homework Statement


Write code to calculate the input impedance on a thin wire antenna using the below form of Pocklington's integral equation. Use Method of moments.
Use a pulse as the basis function, point matching and delta-gap generator as the 'source'.
Assume the wire is broken up into 7 segments (N=7), the wire is 0.47λ long with radius 0.005λ.

Homework Equations


Pocklington's integral equation was given as
E^{i}_{z}=\frac{j}{ωε}∫^{L/2}_{-L/2}I_{z}(z')\frac{e^{-jkR}}{4 \pi R^{5}}[(1+jkR)(2R^{2}-3a^{2})+(kaR)^{2}]dz' where R=\sqrt{a^{2}+(z-z')^{2}}

Note that the source point (vertical z) is on the outside of the wire and the field/observation point (z') is on the axis of the wire.

The Attempt at a Solution


I have broken down pocklington's equation to try and fit it into the matrix expression <i> = [Z]^{-1}[E] </i>. I ignored the pulse function as it was a constant 1 over the integral for each segment. is the set of weights representing the current on each segment which ends up out the front of the integral since they don't have dependence on z'.

For the E column, I used all zeroes except for the 'gap' (relating to middle segment N=4) where it is V/Δz.
In this case V=1. I multipiled [E] by constant -j4∏ωε as I moved them from the RHS to the LHS in the above equation.

For the Z matrix, I am using the integral of the Green's function, which is the everything under the integral to the right of I_{z}(z&#039;). I am numerically integrating it over each segment using quadgk() in Matlab.

To get , multiply inverse of [Z] by [E].
Then finally to get the input impedance, I divide V (=1) by the centre segment current N=4.

The result I am getting (1.5541e+01 + 4.8658e+02j) doesn't match up with what I am expecting (closer to 100 + j100).

The gist of my program is shown by pseudocode:
N=7; freq=3e8; omega=2*pi*freq; c=3e8; lambda=c/freq; k=2*pi/lambda; a=0.005*lambda
epsilon=8.85e-12; dz=L/N;
<<
for(m=1:N) {
zm=m*dz-(dz/2);

for(n=1:N) {​

zn=n*dz-(dz/2);

//This integrates over nth segment length
Z(m,n)=quadgk(greens,zn-dz/2, zn+dz/2);
};​
};

E=zeros(N,1);
E(4,1) = -j*4*pi*omega*epsilon/dz;

I=inv(Z)*E;

Zin=1/I(4,1);
>>

Any assistance on the general approach would be greatly appreciated. I have tried different integrators which has yielded different but silly results.
I believe the integration of the Green's function is the problem.

Thanks,
Cram
 
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