On the double critical-state model for type-II superconductivity in 3D

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-374

  Kashima, Yohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational electromagnetism; Convergence; Edge finite element; Evolution variational inequality; Maxwell's equations; The double critical state model for superconductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549097457     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: 12903841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2008010     Document Type: Article

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