Numerical analysis of a new location for the working volume inside a reverberation chamber

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-245

  Moglie, Franco ^a   Primiani, Valter Mariani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); reverberation chambers; stirrer optimization; working volume (WV)

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; INNER SURFACES; LARGE SPACES; MECHANICAL PARTS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; WORKING VOLUME;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

REVERBERATION;

EID: 84860211158     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2012.2186303     Document Type: Article

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