Scattering analysis of a large body with deep cavities

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1157-1167

  Liu, Jian ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a  

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

Author keywords

Boundary integral equations; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite element methods (FEMs); Numerical analysis; Radar cross section (RCS)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COATINGS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR CROSS SECTION; VECTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0037707288     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812280     Document Type: Article

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