An infinite element for Maxwell's equations

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 77-94

  Demkowicz, Leszek ^a   Pal, Mihaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVE EQUATIONS;

INFINITE ELEMENT (IE) APPROXIMATION;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032475721     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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