Convergent Cartesian Grid Methods for Maxwell's Equations in Complex Geometries

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-80

  Ditkowski, A ^a   Dridi, K ^b   Hesthaven, J S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complex geometries; Embedded interfaces; Finite difference schemes; Maxwell's equations; Stability; Staircasing

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CARTESIAN GRID METHODS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; EMBEDDED INTERFACE; FIELD COMPONENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FULLY DISCRETE; JUMP CONDITIONS; MATERIAL INTERFACES; SECOND ORDERS; STAIRCASING;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0002258004     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2001.6719     Document Type: Article

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