Point-Matched Time Domain Finite Element Methods for Electromagnetic Radiation and Scattering

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1987, Pages 1160-1173

  Cangellaris, Andreas C ^a,b   Lin, Chung Chi ^a,c   Mei, Kenneth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONFORMING MESH GENERATION; GAUSSIAN PULSES; MAXWELL'S DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POINT-MATCHED TIME DOMAIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0023437751     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1987.1143981     Document Type: Article

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