3D finite element method for the modelling of bounded and unbounded electromagnetic problems in the time domain

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-540

  Carpes Jr , W P ^a   Pichon, L ^a   Razek, A ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DOMAIN TRUNCATION; EDGE ELEMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; NEWMARK METHOD; TANGENTIAL CONTINUITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0034318057     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1204(200011/12)13:6<527::AID-JNM391>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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