Hybrid finite-difference time-domain modeling of curved surfaces using tetrahedral edge elements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1302-1309

  Wu, Ruey Beei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic transient analysis; Fdtd methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CURVE FITTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) ANALYSIS; TETRAHEDRAL EDGE ELEMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0031210515     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.611251     Document Type: Article

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