A new stable hybrid three-dimensional generalized finite difference time domain algorithm for analyzing complex structures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1729-1737

  Marrone, Massimiliano ^a,b   Mittra, Raj ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b IDS INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell method (CM); Generalized finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Hybrid algorithms; Stability; Sub gridding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CELL METHOD (CM); GENERALIZED FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; SYMMETRIZED MICROCELL INTERPOLATION SCHEME;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 19144367384     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846799     Document Type: Article

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