A new technique for the stable incorporation of static field solutions in the fdtd method for the analysis of thin wires and narrow strips

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1091-1096

  Craddock, Ian J ^a   Railton, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic analysis; FDTD methods; finiteelement methods; Galerkin method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP LINES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; STABILITY CRITERIA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GALERKIN METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0032138961     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.704951     Document Type: Article

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