Three-Dimensional Finite-Element Method with Edge Elements for Electromagnetic Waveguide Discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 1289-1295

  Ise, Kiyoshi ^a   Inoue, Kazuhiro ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS--EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EDGE ELEMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITIES; SPURIOUS SOLUTION SUPPRESSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0026205214     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.85402     Document Type: Article

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