Combined field integral equation formulations for electromagnetic scattering from convex geometries

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1294-1303

  Adams, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integral equations; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ERRORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMBINED FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; CONVEX GEOMETRIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 2942564693     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.827246     Document Type: Article

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