Coupled electromagnetic-thermodynamic simulations of microwave heating problems using the FDTD algorithm

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 18-29

  Kopyt, Paweł ^a   Celuch, Małgorzata ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coupled numerical modeling; FDTD algorithm; Microwave heating; Multiphysics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

COUPLED NUMERICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOLVERS; FDTD ALGORITHM; HYBRID SIMULATION; MULTI-PHYSICS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; TWO MODEL SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; HEATING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEATING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS; RHEOLOGY; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 45549105452     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.2006.11688568     Document Type: Article

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