FDTD Simulation of Microwave Sintering of Ceramics in Multimode Cavities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 793-800

  Iskander, Magdy F ^a   Smith, Ray L ^a   Andrade, A Octavio M ^a   Walsh, Lee M ^a   Kimrey, Hal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SIMULATION; SINTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROWAVE SINTERING; MULTIMODE CAVITIES; SHIELDING EFFECTS; SILICON CARBIDE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0028426378     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.293527     Document Type: Article

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