Low Frequency Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) for Modeling of Induced Fields in Humans Close to Line Sources

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-103

  Potter, Michael E ^a   Okoniewski, Michal ^b   Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FDTD; Human body; Induced fields; Power lines; Quasi static

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

CLOSE PROXIMITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; HUMAN BODIES; INDUCED FIELD; LINE SOURCES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; POWER LINES; QUASI-STATIC; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 0006857863     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6523     Document Type: Article

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