A Class of Hybrid Finite Element Methods for Electromagnetics: A Review

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 9-10, 1994, Pages 1095-1124

  Volakis, J L ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Gong, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0028496345     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939394X00975     Document Type: Article

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