Three-dimensional p-adaptive computation of electrostatic force and energy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2000, Pages 728-731

  Wang, Jian She ^a,b   Ida, Nathan ^a  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive meshing; Electrostatics; Error analysis; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADAPTIVE MESHING; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0034217663     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.877551     Document Type: Article

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