A robust and efficient oscillator analysis technique using harmonic balance

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-466

  Gourary, M ^a   Ulyanov, S ^a   Zharov, M ^a   Rusakov, S ^a   Gullapalli, K K ^b   Mulvaney, B J ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

HARMONIC BALANCE; KRYLOV SUBSPACE ITERATIVE LINEAR SOLVERS;

SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033639754     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00184-X     Document Type: Article

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