Three-dimensional immersed finite element methods for electric field simulation in composite materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 940-972

  Kafafy, R ^a   Lin, T ^b   Lin, Y ^c,d   Wang, J ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AT QINHUANGDAO   (China)

Author keywords

Cartesian meshes; Discontinuous coefficients; Elliptic boundary value problems; Immersed finite elements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARTESIAN MESHES; DISCONTINUOUS COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD SIMULATION; ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; IMMERSED FINITE ELEMENTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 26844561572     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1401     Document Type: Article

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