Optimization of arbitrarily shaped dielectric axisymmetric horns through finite elements and the annealing algorithm

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1074-1079

  Monge, Javier ^a   Cid, Juan M ^b   Gil, José M ^a   Zapata, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annealing; Antenna; Finite element methods; Horns; Mesh generation; Optimization method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

AXIAL SYMMETRY; HORNS; MESH GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 33646557350     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21605     Document Type: Article

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