Reduction of late time instabilities of the finite-difference time-domain method in curvilinear co-ordinates

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 267-271

  Hao, Y ^a   Douvalis, V ^a   Parini, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0036708940     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:20020616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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