{"id":13329,"date":"2025-05-05T20:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:08:52","slug":"new-ground-model-in-an-sof-10-5-sommerfeld-norton-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/new-ground-model-in-an-sof-10-5-sommerfeld-norton-added\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ground Model in AN-SOF 10.5: Sommerfeld\u2013Norton Added"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\uddde <strong>Quick Update<\/strong>: Following feedback from several users, we\u2019ve decided to bring forward the release of the <strong>Sommerfeld\u2013Norton ground model<\/strong> in the upcoming <strong>AN-SOF v10.5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This model supports the simulation of dipoles and loops above highly dielectric grounds at very low heights\u2014down to <strong>0.005\u03bb<\/strong>\u2014which is sufficient for most practical applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with the existing <strong>Sommerfeld\u2013Wait Asymptotic<\/strong> model (recommended for conductive grounds), AN-SOF now covers a broad range of ground conditions across typical operating frequencies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AN-SOF_Loop_Above_Sommerfeld-Norton_Ground.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AN-SOF_Loop_Above_Sommerfeld-Norton_Ground.png 1366w, https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AN-SOF_Loop_Above_Sommerfeld-Norton_Ground-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AN-SOF_Loop_Above_Sommerfeld-Norton_Ground-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AN-SOF_Loop_Above_Sommerfeld-Norton_Ground-768x409.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\uddde Quick Update: Following feedback from several users, we\u2019ve decided to bring forward the release of the Sommerfeld\u2013Norton ground model in the upcoming AN-SOF v10.5. This model supports the simulation of dipoles and loops above highly dielectric grounds at very low heights\u2014down to 0.005\u03bb\u2014which is sufficient for most practical applications. Together with the existing Sommerfeld\u2013Wait [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13333,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions\/13333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antennasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}