FDTD-compatible edge-element, face-element time-domain method for electromagnetics

International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Thng, Cheok H ^a,b   Booton Jr , Richard C ^a   Gupta, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPERE LAW; CONFORMAL CELL REGION; DIAGONALIZATION TECHNIQUE; EDGE ELEMENT FACE ELEMENT TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FARADAY LAW; MODIFIED FINITE VOLUME;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 9444241655     PISSN: 10501827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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