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David B . Davidson
Dept. E&E Engi neeri ng
U n iversity of Stellenbosch
Stel len bosch 7600, South Africa
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A Pe rs o n a l Selecti o n of Books o n
E l ectro m ag n eti cs a n d
Com p utati o n a l E l ectro m ag n et i cs
David B. Davidson
Abstract
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hilst computerized databases have revolutionized the When our department recently reviewed our j unior-level
way we access journals, the same is not true of books. text, we were struck by the large number of books now avail
My own bookshelves still groan with texts that I value highly, able from wh ich to teach introductory electromagnetics. Here,
and of which almost none are currently available in electronic I mention only my two personal favorites. The first is Ramo,
form. I am quite frequently asked by students and young Whinnery and van Duzer 's cIassic text [ I ] , first published in
researchers which I consider to be the cIassic texts. For some 1 965. This is the text from which I was taught as a student
time, I have been considering putting this down in writing, and in 1 98 1 . My second favorite is the unique text by Haus and
a delay in the paper scheduled for this column finally resuIted Me\cher [2], now sadly out of print. The book offers an unri
in the following review of personal favorites. I emphasize the valled and rigorous development of quasi-statics, a field that
term personal: this does not pretend to be an exhaustive bibli most texts gloss over. We used this text for our juniors for many
ography of the field, aIthough some fifty books are cited. It is years, but it requires a stronger grounding in physics than most
possible that some of these books may now be available in later EE students now have. This, combined with being out of print,
editions; I have mostly referenced the edition that I have. led us to replace it with a text more accessible to our students.
For general FEM, a widely cited text is [46] , and it is 2. H . A. Haus and 1. R. Melcher, Electromagnetic Fields and
particularly useful for time-domain FEM. Although quite Energy, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1 989.
widely cited in solid mechanics, I find Braess's book [47] very
difficult going. 3 . J. A. Stratton, Electromagnetic Theory, New York, McGraw
Hill, 1 94 1 .
On mathematics and mathematical physics, I regularly
refer to Boas 's text [48] , which is especially accessible. As a 4 . C . A . Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics,
comprehensive reference on mathematical physics, Artken and New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1 989.
Weber [49] is an excellent acquisition. For functional analysis,
I refer to Reddy 's introductory text [50] , as it is specifically 5. R. F. Harrington, Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields,
focused on finite elements. For matrix algebra, Golub and van New York, McGraw-Hill, 1 96 1 .
Loan is the standard reference [5 1 ] , although I find [52] more
accessible. For boundary-value problems, Stakgold is widely 6 . A. Ishimaru,Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Radiation
cited [5 3 ] . Oudley's book is also of note [54] . and Scattering, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1 99 1 .
7. G. S . Smith, A n Introduction to Classical Electromagnetic
Radiation, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1 997.
6 . Concl usions
8 . R. S . Elliott, Electromagnetics: History, Theory and Appli
The more than fifty books referenced here were acquired cations, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE Press, 1 993 .
during the course of almost a quarter-century of work in elec
tromagnetics. As a community, we are fortunate that a number 9. O. S. Jones, Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves, Oxford,
of these are back in print as part of an IEEE program. These Oxford University Press, 1 986.
1 3 . R. E. Collin, Field Theory of Guided Waves, New York, 30. A. Taflove and S. Hagness, Computational Electrody
IEEE Press, 1 99 1 . namics: The Finite DifJerence Time Domain Method, Third
Edition, Norwood, MA, Artech House, 2005.
1 4. W. C . Chew, Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media,
New York, van Nostrand Reinhold, 1 990. 3 1 . 1.-M. Jin, The Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics,
Second Edition, New York, John Wiley and Sons, 2002 .
1 5 . J. A. Kong, Electromagnetic Wave Theory, New York, John
Wiley and Sons, 1 986. 32. P. P. Silvester and R. L. Ferrari, Finite Elements for Elec
trical Engineers, Third Edition, Cambridge, Cambridge Uni
1 6. J. D. Kraus, Radio Astronomy, New York, McGraw-Hill, versity Press, 1 996.
1 968.
33. J. Volakis, A. Chatterj ee, and L. Kempel, Finite Element
1 7. 1. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Second Edition, Method for Electromagnetics: Antennas, Microwave Circuits
New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1 97 5 . and Scattering Applications, Oxford and New York, Oxford
University Press and IEEE Press, 1 998.
1 8 . R. P. Feynmann, R. B. Leighton, and P. Sands, The Feynmann
Lectures on Physics, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1 963. 34. T. Itoh, G. Pelosi, and P. P. Si lvester (eds.), Finite Element
Software for Microwave Engineering, New York, John Wiley
1 9. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles ofOptics: Electromagnetic and Sons, 1 996.
Theory of Propagation, Interference and DifJraction of Light,
Seventh Edition, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 35. Y. Zhu and A. C . Cangellaris, Multigrid Finite Element
1 999. Methods for Electromagnetic Field Modeling, New York, IEEE
Press, 2006.
20. 1.
Schwinger, L. L. DeRaad, K. A. Milton, and w. - Y. Tsai ,
Classical Electrodynamics, Reading, MA, Perseus Books, 36. P. Monk, Finite Element Methodsfor Maxwell s Equations,
1 998. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2003 .
2 1 . A. F. Peterson, S . L. Ray, and R. Mittra, Computational 3 7 . R. F. Harrington, Field Computation by Moment Methods,
Methods for Electromagnetics, Oxford and New York, Oxford Malabar, Florida, Robert E. Krieger, 1 982, reprint of 1 968
University Press and IEEE Press, 1 998. edition.
22. A . Bondeson, T. Rylander, and P. Ingelström, Computational 1. H. Wang, Generalized Moment Methods in Electro
3 8 . J.
Electromagnetics, New York, NY, Springer Science, 2005 . magnetics, New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1 99 1 .
Computational Electromagnetics for RF
2 3 . D. B. Davidson, 39. R. Mittra (ed.), Computer Techniquesfor Electromagnetics,
and Microwave Engineering, Second Edition, Cambridge, UK, Oxford, Pergamon, 1 97 3 .
Cambridge University Press, 20 1 1 .
4 0 . W. A. Imbriale, "Applications of the Method ofMoments to
24. M . N . O. Sadiku, Numerical Techniques in Electromag Thin-Wire Elements and Arrays," in R. Mittra (ed.), Numerical
netics with MATLAB, Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, 2009. and Asymptotic Techniques in Electromagnetics, Berlin,
Springer-Verlag, 1 97 5 .
25. R. C . Booton, Computational Methods for Electromag
netics and Microwaves, New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1 992. Moment Methods in Electro
4 1 . J. Moore and R. Pizer (eds.),
magnetics Techniques and Applications, Letchworth, Hert
26. D. A. McNamara, C . W. I . Pistorius, and J. A. G. Malherbe, fordshire, Research Studies Press, 1 986.
The Uniform Geometrical Theory of DifJraction, Norwood,
MA, Artech House, 1 990.