Generalized Impedance Boundary Conditions in Scattering

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1413-1420

  Thomas, B A ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - COATINGS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

GENERALIZED IMPEDANCE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0026240378     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.104216     Document Type: Article

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