{"id":387872,"date":"2024-10-02T19:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/hfss-incident-plane-wave-excitement-mode\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:32:35","slug":"hfss-incident-plane-wave-excitement-mode","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/hfss-incident-plane-wave-excitement-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"HFSS Incident Plane Wave excitement mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi all! I&#8217;m trying to find info on the incident plane wave excitement node and am coming up short. Specifically, I am looking at the difference between the total vs scattered option in the Incident Field Formulation option.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727897360-Total vs Scttered.png\" alt=\"Snap shot of the tree branch to get to the options\" width=\"807\" height=\"496\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, why does the former allow an Infinite Ground Plane in the geometry where the latter does not? And why does the field look so different for each? (mag_E plotted in second pic at 45 degrees for incident field only of each case)&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727897411-Total vs Scttered pic.png\" alt=\"mag_E plot of incident wave only at 45 degrees for total option (left) and scattered option (right)\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-387872","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-hfss","topic-tag-incident-1","topic-tag-plane-wave"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":["155.190.9.5"],"_btv_view_count":["970"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["16064"],"_bbp_subscription":["20363"],"_bbp_topic_id":["387872"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_engagement":["16064","20363"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["394698"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["394698"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-11-21 09:34:22"]},"test":"artek-chalifourhoneywell-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/387872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/387872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}