On the formulation of hybrid finite-element and boundary-integral methods for 3-D scattering

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-311

  Sheng, Xin Qing ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a   Lu, Cai Cheng ^a   Chew, Weng Cho ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equations; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite element methods; Nonhomogeneous media

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RESONANCE;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS (BIE); FINITE ELEMENT AND BOUNDARY INTEGRAL (FE BI) METHOD; MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPOLE ALGORITHMS (MLFMA);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032025132     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.662648     Document Type: Article

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