Developing a finite difference time domain parallel code for nuclear electromagnetic field simulation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1192-1199

  Ray, Aditi ^a   Kondayya, G ^a   Menon, S V G ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Message passing interface; Nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP); Speed up

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETONATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR DETONATION; COMPTON CURRENT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE; NEUTRON-GAMMA TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 33645704773     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.869894     Document Type: Article

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