Numerical dispersion of a vector finite element method on skewed hexahedral grids

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-55

  White, Daniel A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Electromagnetics; Finite element; Maxwell's equations

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; VECTORS;

SKEWED HEXAHEDRAL GRIDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033879052     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(200001)16:1<47::AID-CNM314>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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