FDTD analysis of ground-penetrating radar antennas with shields and absorbers

Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-95

  Liu, Liye ^a   Su, Yi ^a   Mao, Junjie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antenna; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Generalized perfectly matched layer (GPML); Ground penetrating radar (GPR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349186403     PISSN: 16733460     EISSN: 16733584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11460-008-0023-5     Document Type: Article

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