On the direct evaluation of weakly singular integrals in Galerkin mixed potential integral equation formulations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3011-3019

  Polimeridis, Athanasios G ^a   Yioultsis, Traianos V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Method of moments; Mixed potential integral equations; Weakly singular integrals

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS; MIXED POTENTIAL INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; WEAKLY SINGULAR; WEAKLY SINGULAR INTEGRALS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 51749088370     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.928782     Document Type: Article

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