Analytical and numerical solution of the eddy-current problem in spherical coordinates based on the second-order vector potential formulation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2461-2472

  Theodoulidis, Theodoros P ^b   Kantartzis, Nikolaos V ^b   Tsiboukis, Theodoros D ^a,b   Kriezis, Epameinondas E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytical; Eddy currents; Finite difference method

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

CONDUCTING SPHERE; SECOND ORDER VECTOR POTENTIAL (SVOP) FORMULATION; SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 0031190786     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.595899     Document Type: Article

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