Geometric T-Ω approach to solve eddy currents coupled to electric circuits

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-115

  Specogna, Ruben ^a   Suuriniemi, Saku ^b   Trevisan, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell method; Cuts; Eddy current; Geometric approach to solve Maxwell's equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MAGNETISM; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

ELECTRIC VECTOR POTENTIAL; HOMOLOGY THEORY; MAGNETIC POTENTIAL;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MAGNETISM; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 41449087462     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2155     Document Type: Article

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