A new heuristic UTD diffraction coefficient for nonperfectly conducting wedges

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1211-1219

  Holm, Peter D ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffraction coefficients; Geometrical theory of diffraction; Nonperfectly conducting surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001643380     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.884489     Document Type: Article

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