Time-domain BIE analysis of large three-dimensional electromagnetic scattering problems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 894-901

  Bluck, M J ^a   Walker, S P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATIONS (MFIE); TIME DOMAIN BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION (BIE) METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0031139239     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.575643     Document Type: Article

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