Absorbing boundary conditions for time-domain tlm and fdtd analysis of electromagnetic structures

Electromagnetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 489-519

  Eswarappa, Channabasappa ^a   Hoefer, Wolfgagg J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL FILTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BERENGER PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; BOUNDARY OPERATORS; DAMPING FACTORS; DIAKOPTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; JOHNS MATRICES; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 0030241814     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: 1532527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726349608908495     Document Type: Article

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