Numerical dispersion of higher order nodal elements in the finite-element method

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-320

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

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NODE DENSITY; NUMERICAL DISPERSION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; TIME HARMONIC PLANE WAVE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0030109080     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.486299     Document Type: Article

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