Investigation of numerical time-integrations of Maxwell's equations using the staggered grid spatial discretization

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-169

  Farago I ^a   Horvath R ^b   Schilders, W H A ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FDTD method; Maxwell's equations; Stability; Unconditional stability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; FDTD METHOD; GRID SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION; UNCONDITIONAL STABILITY;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 15244357614     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnm.570     Document Type: Article

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