A Comparison of the Properties of Radiating Boundary Conditions in the FDTD Method for Finite Discretisation and Nonplanar Waves

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 276-281

  Railton, C J ^a   Daniel, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DISCRETIZATION; NONPLANAR WAVES; PLANE WAVE INCIDENCE; RADIATING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ANTENNA RADIATION;

EID: 0028368596     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.277225     Document Type: Article

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