Accurate solutions of maxwell's equations around PEC corners and highly curved surfaces using nodal finite elements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 17581767-

  Boyse, William E ^a,b   Paulsen, Keith D ^a,b  

^a Advanced Software Resources Inc   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Maxwell's equations; Potentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747973889     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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