Electromagnetic Waves, Materials, and Computation with MATLAB (Hardcover)

"… a required reference in the library of anyone doing research or development in plasma physics or engineering."

—Igor Alexeff, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee

"Most appropriate for advanced engineering students. Comprehensive, yet ‘eases’ into difficult matters."

—Andrew M. Sessler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

"... a meticulously written and extremely useful book for both students and professionals...The approach is especially directed toward electrical engineers whose deeper appreciation of circuits is exploited to help their concept building, [as applied in] transmission line analogies.

"…brings together many increasingly important concepts from previously somewhat separate areas of electromagnetics into one clear and coherent tome."

—Michael A. Fiddy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Readily available commercial software enables engineers and students to perform routine calculations and design without necessarily having a sufficient conceptual understanding of the anticipated solution. The software is so user-friendly that it usually produces a beautiful colored visualization of that solution, often camouflaging the fact that the program is executing the wrong simulation of the physical problem.

Electromagnetic Waves, Materials, and Computation with MATLAB® takes an integrative modern approach to the subject of electromagnetic analysis by supplementing quintessential "old school" information and methods with instruction in the use of newer commercial software such as MATLAB® and methods including FDTD. Delving into the electromagnetics of bounded simple media, equations of complex media, and computation, this text includes:

• Appendices that cover a wide range of associated issues and techniques
• A concluding section containing an array of problems, quizzes, and examinations
• A downloadable component for instructors including PowerPoint™ slides, solutions to problems, and more

Striking a balance between theoretical and practical aspects, internationally recognized expert Dikshitulu Kalluri clearly illustrates how intuitive approximate solutions are derived. Providing case studies and practical examples throughout, he examines the role of commercial software in this process, also covering interpretation of findings. Kalluri’s extensive experience teaching this subject enables him to streamline and convey material in a way that helps readers master conceptual mathematical aspects. This gives them confidence in their ability to use high-level software to write code, but it also ensures that they will never be solely dependent on such programs.

「...對於從事等離子物理學或工程學研究或開發的人來說，這是圖書館中必備的參考資料。」
—伊戈爾·亞歷克塞夫（Igor Alexeff），田納西大學電機工程系

「最適合高級工程學生。全面而且『輕鬆』地進入困難的問題。」
—安德魯·M·塞斯勒（Andrew M. Sessler），勞倫斯伯克利國家實驗室

「...這是一本寫得非常仔細且極其有用的書籍，適合學生和專業人士使用...這種方法特別針對電氣工程師，他們的電路深入理解被利用來幫助他們的概念建立，[應用於]傳輸線類比。」
「...將以前相對獨立的電磁學領域中許多越來越重要的概念集合成一本清晰而有條理的著作。」
—邁克爾·A·菲迪（Michael A. Fiddy），北卡羅來納大學夏洛特分校

現成的商業軟體使工程師和學生能夠進行常規計算和設計，而不一定需要對預期解決方案有足夠的概念理解。該軟體非常易於使用，通常會產生漂亮的彩色可視化解決方案，往往掩蓋了該程序正在執行物理問題的錯誤模擬的事實。

《電磁波、材料和MATLAB®計算》以整合的現代方法來探討電磁分析的主題，補充了「老派」的基本資訊和方法，並教授使用較新的商業軟體（如MATLAB®）和方法（包括FDTD）。本書涵蓋了有界簡單媒質的電磁學、複雜媒質的方程式和計算等內容，還包括：

- 附錄涵蓋了各種相關問題和技術
- 結尾部分包含一系列問題、測驗和考試
- 提供給教師的可下載組件，包括PowerPoint™幻燈片、問題解答等

國際知名專家迪克希圖魯·卡盧里清晰地說明了如何推導直觀的近似解。他通過案例研究和實際示例，探討了商業軟體在這個過程中的作用，還涵蓋了結果的解釋。卡盧里在教授這門課程方面擁有豐富的經驗，使他能夠以幫助讀者掌握概念數學方面的方式來簡化和傳達材料。這使他們對使用高級軟體編寫代碼充滿信心，但也確保他們不會完全依賴這些程序。