A staggered upwind embedded boundary (SUEB) method to eliminate the FDTD staircasing error

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 730-741

  Xiao, Tian ^a   Liu, Qing Huo ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Staggered upwind embedded boundary (SUEB) method; Time domain solution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; STAGGERED UPWIND EMBEDDED BOUNDARY METHOD; STAIRCASING APPROXIMATION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 2442543283     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.824675     Document Type: Article

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