Finite volume modeling of borehole electromagnetic logging in 3-D anisotropic formations using coupled S calar-vector potentials

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 549-552

  Novo, Marcela S ^a   Da Silva, Luiz C ^a   Teixeira, Fernando L ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Finite volume (fv) methods; Maxwell's equations; Well logging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; ANISOTROPIC FORMATIONS; CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE VOLUME; FINITE VOLUME MODELING; HELMHOLTZ DECOMPOSITION; ILL-CONDITIONING; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; NULL SPACE; NUMERICAL MODE; SPARSE LINEAR SYSTEMS; STAGGERED GRID; SUB-SPACE METHODS; TIME-HARMONIC; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 64149105536     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.906301     Document Type: Article

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