Orthogonal vector basis functions for time domain finite element solution of the vector wave equation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1458-1461

  White, Daniel A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence of numerical methods; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic transient analysis; Finite element methods; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL VECTOR BASIS FUNCTIONS; VECTOR WAVE EQUATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GALERKIN METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033121765     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.767241     Document Type: Article

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