Electrostatic excitation of a conducting toroid: Exact solution and thin-wire approximation

Electromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Scharstein, Robert W ^a   Wilson, Howard B ^b  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b Box 870280   (United States)

Author keywords

Laplace's equation; Legendre functions; Thin wire kernel; Toroidal coordinates

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LAPLACE'S EQUATION; LEGENDRE FUNCTIONS; THIN-WIRE KERNEL; TOROIDAL COORDINATES;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 13844253779     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726340590522102     Document Type: Article

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