VOLMAX: A solid-model-based, transient volumetric maxwell solver using hybrid grids

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-33

  Riley, Douglas J ^a,b,c   Turner, C David ^a,d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b St Mary's College of Maryland   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD methods; Finite element methods; Finite volume methods; Numerical analysis; Time domain analysis; Transient analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MICROELECTRONICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; FINITE VOLUME HYBRID GRID (FVHG) METHOD; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENT PRIMARY GRIDS;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031069081     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.583516     Document Type: Article

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