A hybrid time-domain technique that combines the finite element, finite difference and method of moment techniques to solve complex electromagnetic problems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2666-2674

  Monorchio, Agostino ^a   Rubio Bretones, Amelia ^b   Mittra, Raj ^c   Manara, Giuliano ^a   Gómez Martín, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC FIED INTEGRAL EQUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); HYBRID METHODS; THIN WIRE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 7244226626     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.834431     Document Type: Article

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