Adaptive finite element analysis of electrostatic interactions: A sphere between two charged walls and two isolated spheres

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 847-856

  Eow, John S ^a   Sharif, Adel O ^b   Ghadiri, Mojtaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charged sphere; Electrical induced force; Error estimator; Finite element method; High potential; Laplace's equation; Mesh generation; Quadrilateral elements

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEPARATION;

ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0141571415     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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