Analysis and regularization of the TD-EFIE low-frequency breakdown

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2034-2046

  Andriulli, Francesco P ^a,b   Baǧci, Hakan ^a   Vipiana, Francesca ^b   Vecchi, Giuseppe ^b   Michielssen, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric field integral equation (EFIE); Hierarchical methods; Integral equations; Marching on in time (MOT); Numerical methods; Preconditioning; Time domain (TD)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION (EFIE); HIERARCHICAL METHODS; MARCHING ON IN TIME (MOT); PRECONDITIONING; TIME DOMAIN (TD);

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 67949123287     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2019887     Document Type: Article

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