A stable interpolation technique for FDTD on non-orthogonal grids

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Schuhmann, R ^a   Weiland, T ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FINITE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0032201957     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199811/12)11:6<299::AID-JNM314>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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