Sparse matrix/canonical grid method applied to 3-D dense medium simulations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-58

  Barrowes, Benjamin E ^a   Ao, Chi O ^b   Teixeira, Fernando L ^c   Kong, Jin A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast methods; Random media; Sparse matrix canonical grid (SMCG); Spheroid; Three dimensional (3 D) scattering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

DIELECTRIC SPHEROIDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037244698     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809094     Document Type: Article

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