On the modeling of conducting media with the unconditionally stable ADI-FDTD method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1929-1938

  Yuan, Chenghao ^a,b   Chen, Zhizhang ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating direction implicit finite difference time domain (ADI FDTD) method; Highly conductive materials; Perfectly matched layer (PML)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MESH ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0042525987     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.815267     Document Type: Article

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