Efficient treatment of 3D time-domain electromagnetic scattering scenes by disjointing sub-domains and with consistent approximations

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-57

  Mouysset, V ^a   Mazet, P A ^b   Borderies, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

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EID: 34147122153     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER07013005     Document Type: Article

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