Implementation issues for three-dimensional vector FEM programs

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 100-107

  Davidson, David B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DATA STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR ALGEBRA; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EDGE ELEMENTS; EIGENMODES; VECTOR FINITE ELEMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0034468534     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.894187     Document Type: Article

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