Some scattering results computed by surface-integral-equation and hybrid finite-element - Boundary-integral techniques, accelerated by the multilevel fast multipole method

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-69

  Eibert, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PHYSICS AND RADAR TECHNIQUES FHR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast integral methods; Finite element methods; Integral equations; Radar cross sections; Radar scattering; Radar target recognition

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC REGIONS; EQUATION FORMULATIONS; FAST INTEGRAL METHODS; FAST MULTIPOLE; FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTEGRAL TECHNIQUES; METALLIC OBJECTS; MODELING FLEXIBILITIES; MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPOLE METHODS; RADAR SCATTERING; SCATTERING AND RADIATIONS; STAND -ALONE; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 55649091364     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.376638     Document Type: Review

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