Iteratively-improved Robin boundary conditions for the finite element solution of scattering problems in unbounded domains

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-629

  Alfonzetti, S ^a   Borzi G ^a   Salerno, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Open boundaries; Scattering problems

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

ROBIN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032099884     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980630)42:4<601::AID-NME373>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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