Numerical dispersion and stability condition of the three-dimensional nonstandard FDTD method

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 66-76

  Kudo, Hironori ^a   Kashiwa, Tatsuya ^a   Ohtani, Tadao ^b  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDTD method; NS FDTD method; Numerical dispersion; Rectangular mesh; Stability condition

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; STABILITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

STABILITY CONDITION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0038733798     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.1122     Document Type: Article

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