Use of Whitney's edge and face elements for efficient finite element time domain solution of Maxwell's equations

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 9-10, 1994, Pages 1173-1191

  Mahadevan, K ^a   Mittra, R ^a   Vaidya, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FACE ELEMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT TIME DOMAIN; MAXWELL EQUATION; WHITNEY EDGE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0028498314     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939394X00993     Document Type: Article

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