Scattering and Diffraction by Wedges 2. Vito G. Daniele

to the solution of the general scattering problem by an arbitrary impedance wedge illuminated by plane waves at skew incidence.

      Finally, Chapter 6 (Volume 2) deals with the use of the WH technique to solve an arbitrary homogeneous penetrable wedge immersed in free space. In particular, this chapter studies, in depth, the diffraction by a dielectric wedge illuminated by plane waves at normal and skew incidence. The WH solution of the dielectric wedge problem presented in this chapter is the first one that the authors of this book have developed in the literature. It contains very sophisticated mathematical methods to overcome difficult analytical problems related to the presence of two media. Recently, many improvements have been made to the WH method to study the diffraction of complex problems consisting of multiple wedges and layers (see 2016–2019 papers by the authors of this book). We expect that these improvements will allow a more simple mathematical procedure to solve the diffraction by a dielectric wedge.

      This book consists of two volumes; any references to Chapters 1, 2 or 3 can be found in the first volume: Scattering and Diffraction by Wedges 1.