An Investigation of Numerical Dispersion in the Vector Finite Element Method Using Quadrilateral Elements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1502-1508

  Warren, Gregory S ^a   Scott, Waymond R ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; VECTORS;

BASIS FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL DISPERSION; QUADRILATERAL ELEMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTOR FINITE ELEMENT MESH;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0028545489     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.362788     Document Type: Article

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