A novel method to analyze electromagnetic scattering of complex objects

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn EMC-24, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 397-405

  Umashankar, Korada ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a  

^a IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

complex objects; Electromagnetic scattering; equivalence principle; far fields; finite difference time domain method; near scattered fields; radar cross section; surface current

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX OBJECTS; EXTERNAL PLANE WAVES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; METHODS OF MOMENTS; SURFACE CURRENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0020207959     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.1982.304054     Document Type: Article

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