A complete FDTD simulation of a real GPR antenna system operating above lossy and dispersive grounds

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 209-229

  Uduwawala, D ^a   Norgren, M ^a   Fuks, P ^a   Gunawardena, A ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION; ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE; AUXILIARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR ANTENNAS; GROUND-SURFACE ROUGHNESS; STATIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNIAXIAL PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYERS;

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PLASTIC PIPE; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS;

EID: 33847398780     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER04061002     Document Type: Article

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