A finite difference thermal model of a cylindrical microwave heating applicator using locally conformal overlapping grids: Part II - Numerical results and experimental evaluation

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-100

  Al Rizzo, Hussain M ^a   Adada, Rami ^a   Tranquilla, Jim M ^b   Ma, Feng ^b   Ionescu, Bogdan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c ANSOFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity resonator; Finite difference method; Locally conformal overlapping grids; Microwave heating; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPLICATORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING FURNACES; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONFORMAL OVERLAPPING GRIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER DEPOSITION; THERMAL MODELING;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 33846033667     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.2005.11688526     Document Type: Article

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