Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Curved Surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 357-366

  Jurgens, Thomas G ^a   Taflove, Allen ^b   Umashankar, Korada ^c   Moore, Thomas G ^d  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SURFACES - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANISOTROPIC OBJECTS; CONTOUR PATH METHOD; CURVED SURFACES; DIELECTRIC OBJECTS; FDTD METHOD; PERFECTLY CONDUCTING OBJECTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0026844704     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.138836     Document Type: Article

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