Piecewise uniform bases and energetic approach for discrete constitutive matrices in electromagnetic problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-565

  Codecasa, L ^a   Trevisan, F ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete constitutive equations; Discrete geometric approach; Piecewise uniform functions; Whitney's functions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; VECTORS;

DISCRETE CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DISCRETE GEOMETRIC APPROACH; PIECEWISE UNIFORM FUNCTIONS; WHITNEY'S FUNCTIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

EID: 31144444537     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1457     Document Type: Article

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