A Hybrid Finite Element Method for 3-D Scattering Using Nodal and Edge Elements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1436-1442

  Boyse, William E ^a   Seidl, Andrew A ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; BODIES OF REVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

COUPLED AZIMUTHAL POTENTIALS; CURVATURE BASED SAMPLING CRITERION; EDGE ELEMENTS; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NODAL ELEMENTS; RADIATION BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0028518159     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.320751     Document Type: Article

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