A finite element approximation of a variational inequality formulation of bean's model for superconductivity

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1324-1341

  Elliott, C M ^a   Kay, D ^a   Styles, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Superconductors; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BEAN CRITICAL STATE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENTS; INVERSE LAPLACIAN OPERATORS; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 11444250400     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902412324     Document Type: Article

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