Hybrid finite element-boundary integral method for cavities recessed in an elliptic cylinder

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1829-1836

  Wu, Chi Wei ^a,b   Kempel, Leo C ^a   Rothwell, Edward J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chinese Naval Academy Kaohsiung   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conformal antenna; Elliptic cylinder; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CONFORMAL ANTENNA;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0042363728     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812260     Document Type: Article

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