Hybridization of SBR and FEM for Scattering by Large Bodies with Cracks and Cavities

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1130-1139

  Jin, Jian Ming ^a   Ni, Sean S ^a   Lee, Shung Wu ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES;

GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; PHYSICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; SHOOTING AND BOUNCING RAY METHOD; SURFACE MAGNETIC CURRENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0029393355     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.467650     Document Type: Article

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