Nested multigrid vector and scalar potential finite element method for fast computation of two-dimensional electromagnetic scattering

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1850-1858

  Zhu, Yu ^a   Cangellaris, Andreas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Multigrid methods; Nested mesh; Vector and scalar potential formulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT MATRIX; NESTED MULTIGRID VECTOR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0037005518     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.807420     Document Type: Article

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