Electromagnetic scattering by mixed conductor-dielectric bodies of arbitrary shape

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2402-2407

  Creticos, Justin P ^a   Schaubert, Daniel H ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna input impedance; Electric field integral equation; Method of moments (MoM); Radar cross section

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE; BASIS FUNCTIONS; PRISM ELEMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33747614563     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.879200     Document Type: Article

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