A technique for implementing the FDTD algorithm on a nonorthogonal grid

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 213-215

  Dey, S ^a   Mittra, R ^a   Chebolu, S ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Celwave   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour path FDTD; CPFDTD; Modeling 2D curved metallic surfaces; Nonorthogonal grid; Time domain technique

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

CURVED METALLIC SURFACES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NONORTHOGONAL GRID;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0031103547     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199703)14:4<213::AID-MOP6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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