On the variational formulation of hybrid finite element-boundary integral techniques for electromagnetic analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3037-3047

  Botha, Matthys M ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integrals; Computational electromagnetics; Finite element method (FEM); Method of moments (MoM); Stationary symmetric coupling; Variational principles

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BOUNDARY INTEGRALS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; STATIONARY SYMMETRIC COUPLING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 9744244314     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.835140     Document Type: Article

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