Development and application of a novel class of hierarchical tangential vector finite elements for electromagnetics

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-120

  Andersen, Lars S ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VECTORS;

EDGE BASED ELEMENTS; TANGENTIAL VECTOR FINITE ELEMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0032626994     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.753001     Document Type: Article

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