
CONFORMAL
MAPPING
199
imag
v=o
I
-
z-plane
Figure
6.56
The
General
Form
of
a Schwartz-Chnstoffel Mapping
where
wl,
w2,
w3
.
. .
w,
are successively increasing real numbers, and
kl,
k2,
k3,
*
. .
k,,
are arbitrary real numbers. The mapping function that has this form for its
derivative maps the real F-axis into connected straight-line segments in the z-plane,
as shown in Figure
6.56.
In
this
way, the derivative of the mapping function can
be set up
so
that the real y-axis can
be
mapped into an arbitrary shape made up of
straight-line segments.
To
obtain the mapping function y(g), Equation
6.281
must be
integrated
(6.282)
and then inverted.
The real F-axis can map into a set of straight-line segments that may close to form
a polygon in the finite Z-plane, or they may extend to infinity.
A
variety of boundary
shapes can be constructed. Some of the more complicated geometries arise from
allowing
w,,
the last point along the real y-axis, to be located at
-too.
In this case,
the
(W
-
w,)-"
factor in Equation
6.281
is eliminated, because it can never change
the phase of
dz/dw.
Even though this point does not enter Equation
6.281,
it can
map into a point
y,
where there is a
k,w
angle change. In addition, the Schwartz-
Christoffel method can be applied along any horizontal line in the y-plane. In this
way the value of the function on the boundary can assume more than one value.
Example
6.15
In
this example, we determine the electric potential and field around
a sharp, two-dimensional spike. The spike and ground plane are held at zero volts,
while the potential goes to infinity at an infinite distance above the ground plane.
This geometry is shown in Figure
6.57.
Specifically,
@(x,
0)
=
0
for all
x,
and also
X
Figure
6.57
Grounded
Spike
Geometry