Efficient Mode Analysis with Edge Elements and 3-D Adaptive Refinement

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 99-107

  Golias, Nikolaos A ^a   Papagiannakis, Antonis G ^a   Tsiboukis, Theodoros D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; EDGE ELEMENTS; MODE ANALYSIS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0027928746     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.265536     Document Type: Article

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