FDTD modeling of arrays and grids of lossy conductors based on impedance sheet conditions

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2288-2297

  Kärkkäinen, Mikko K ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC WIRE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SKIN EFFECT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONVOLUTION INTEGRAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHODS; IMPEDANCE SHEET CONDITIONS; WIRE ARRAYS; WIRE GRIDS;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 4644296257     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.834150     Document Type: Article

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