Accurate and efficient simulation of antennas using hierarchical mixed-order tangential vector finite elements for tetrahedra

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1240-1243

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Hierarchical basis functions; Tangential vector finite elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VECTORS;

TANGENTIAL VECTOR FINITE ELEMENTS (TVFE);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0033170322     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.791938     Document Type: Article

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