Improvements to the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Calculating the Radar Cross Section of a Perfectly Conducting Target

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 919-927

  Furse, Cynthia M ^a   Mathur, Satnam P ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER STORAGE REQUIREMENTS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; PERFECTLY CONDUCTING TARGET;

RADAR;

EID: 0025464150     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.55785     Document Type: Article

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