Classical Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions Skin Effect Approximation SIBCs of the Order of Leontovich's Approximation High-Order SIBCs Rytov's Approach References General Perturbation Approach to Derivation of Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions Local Coordinates Perturbation Technique Tangential Components Normal Components Normal Derivatives Components of the Curl Operator Surface Impedance ''Toolbox'' Concept Numerical Example Appendix SIBCs in Terms of Various Formalisms Basic Equations Electric Field-Magnetic Field Formalism Magnetic Scalar Potential Formalism Magnetic Vector Potential Formalism Common Representation of Various SIBCs Using a Surface Impedance Function Surface Impedance near Corners and Edges Calculation of the Electromagnetic Field Characteristics in the Conductor's Skin Layer Distributions across the Skin Layer Resistance and Internal Inductance Forces Acting on the Conductor Derivation of SIBCs for Nonlinear and Nonhomogeneous Problems Coupled Electromagnetic-Thermal Problems Magnetic Materials Nonhomogeneous Conductors Implementation of SIBCs for the Boundary Integral Equation Method: Low-Frequency Problems Two-Dimensional Problems Three-Dimensional Problems Properties of the Surface Impedance Function Boundary Element Formulations for Two- and Three-Dimensional Problems in Invariant Form Numerical Examples Quasi-Three-Dimensional Integro-Differential Formulation for Symmetric Systems of Conductors Implementation of SIBCs for the Boundary Integral Equation Method: High-Frequency Problems Integral Representations of High-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields SIBCs for Lossy Dielectrics Direct Implementation of SIBCs into the Surface Integral Equations Implementation Using the Perturbation Technique Numerical Example Appendix Implementation of SIBCs for Volume Discretization Methods Statement of the Problem Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method Finite Integration Technique Finite-Element Method Appendix Application and Experimental Validation of the SIBC Concept Selection of the Surface Impedance Boundary Conditions for a Given Problem Experimental Validation of SIBCs Appendix A: Review of Numerical Methods Index.