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Title: Final Report for Time Domain Boundary Element and Hybrid Finite Element Simulation for Maxwell's Equations

Abstract

This report summarizes the work performed for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) at the University of Washington between September 2004 and May 2006. This project studied fast solvers and stability for time domain integral equations (TDIE), especially as applied to radiating boundary for a massively parallel FEM solver.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
902353
Report Number(s):
UCRL-SR-228619
TRN: US200717%%552
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; SIMULATION; STABILITY

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Pingenot, J, and Jandhyala, V. Final Report for Time Domain Boundary Element and Hybrid Finite Element Simulation for Maxwell's Equations. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.2172/902353.
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Pingenot, J, & Jandhyala, V. Final Report for Time Domain Boundary Element and Hybrid Finite Element Simulation for Maxwell's Equations. United States. doi:10.2172/902353.
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title = {Final Report for Time Domain Boundary Element and Hybrid Finite Element Simulation for Maxwell's Equations},
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abstractNote = {This report summarizes the work performed for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) at the University of Washington between September 2004 and May 2006. This project studied fast solvers and stability for time domain integral equations (TDIE), especially as applied to radiating boundary for a massively parallel FEM solver.},
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year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
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