Pitfalls of Staircase Meshing

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 434-439

  Holland, Richard ^a  

^a Computer Sciences Corp ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

CONDUCTING CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; CONDUCTING STRIP; CONFORMAL MESHING; STAIRCASE MESHING; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0027698692     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.247856     Document Type: Article

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