Quasi-static FDTD method for dosimetry in human due to contact current

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E93-C, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-65

  Hirata, Akimasa ^a   Takano, Yukinori ^a   Nagai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact current; Dosimetry; Quasi static finite difference time domain method

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONTACT CURRENTS; HUMAN MODEL; QUASI-STATIC; STEP FUNCTIONS; VOLTAGE SOURCE;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950438863     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E93.C.60     Document Type: Article

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