A look at some challenging problems in computational electromagnetics

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 18-32

  Mittra, Raj ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency selective surfaces

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 13244256942     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1388823     Document Type: Article

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