A dispersion analysis for the finite-element method in time domain with triangular edge elements

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 207-210

  Monorchio, Agostino ^a,b   Martini, Enrica ^a,c   Manara, Giuliano ^a,b   Pelosi, Giuseppe ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete time systems; Finite element time domain (FE TD) method; Numerical dispersion; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE TIME SYSTEMS; FINITE-ELEMENT TIME-DOMAIN (FE-TD) METHOD; NUMERICAL DISPERSION; TRIANGULAR EDGE ELEMENTS;

DATA PROCESSING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 7244223201     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2002.807962     Document Type: Article

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