Selective re-meshing: A new approach to include mode stirring effects in the steady state FDTD simulation of microwave heating cavities

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1179-1182

  George, Jacob ^a   Bergman, Richard ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Microwave heating; Mode stirrer

Indexed keywords

FDTD; MODE STIRRER; SELECTIVE REMESHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 33646549307     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21572     Document Type: Article

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