Finite-element method programming made easy???

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 73-79

  Awadhiya, Abhishek ^a   Barba, Pedro ^b   Kempel, Leo ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Matrix decomposition; Mesh generation; Programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; MATRIX DECOMPOSITION; MESH GENERATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0242468303     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2003.1241312     Document Type: Article

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