DIRECTFN: Fully numerical algorithms for high precision computation of singular integrals in galerkin SIE methods

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3112-3122

  Polimeridis, Athanasios G ^a   Vipiana, Francesca ^b,c   Mosig, Juan R ^d   Wilton, Donald R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; method of moments (MoM); numerical analysis; singular integrals; surface integral equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GALERKIN METHODS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; GAUSSIAN INTEGRATION; HIGH PRECISION COMPUTATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); SINGULAR INTEGRAL; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; VARIABLE TRANSFORMATION;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84878743847     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2246854     Document Type: Article

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