Fast Simulation of 3D Electromagnetic Problems Using Potentials

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 150-171

  Haber, E ^a   Ascher, U M ^a   Aruliah, D A ^a   Oldenburg, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coulomb gauge; Finite volume; Helmholtz decomposition; Krylov space methods; Maxwell's equations; Preconditioning; Solution discontinuities; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GAGES; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; LOWER-UPPER DECOMPOSITION; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTOR SPACES;

'CURRENT; COULOMB GAUGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; FAST SIMULATION; FINITE-VOLUME; HELMHOLTZ DECOMPOSITION; KRYLOV SPACE METHOD; PRECONDITIONING; SOLUTION DISCONTINUITY; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0001526661     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6545     Document Type: Article

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