A conformal mesh-generating technique for the conformal finite-difference time-domain (CFDTD) method

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Su, Tao ^a   Liu, Yongjun ^a   Yu, Wenhua ^a   Mittra, Raj ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational electromagnetics; Conformal FDTD; Dielectric materials; FDTD methods; Helical antennas; Horn antennas; Mesh generation; Microstrip antennas; Microwave circuits

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HORN ANTENNAS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CONFORMAL MESH GENERATING TECHNIQUE; MESH GENERATION TOOLS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 2442528676     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1296143     Document Type: Article

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