A convergent implicit finite element discretization of the Maxwell-Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1399-1422

  Baňas, L'Ubomír ^a   Bartels, Sören ^b   Prohl, Andreas ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Ferromagnetism; Finite elements; Maxwell Landau Lifshitz Gilbert equation

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLUTIONS;

BENCHMARK PROBLEMS; BLOWUP BEHAVIORS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONVERGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENONS; ENERGY LAWS; FERROMAGNETS; FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; FINITE ELEMENTS; FULLY DISCRETE; GILBERT EQUATIONS; LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; MAXWELL-LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-GILBERT EQUATION; NUMERICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; SCALINGS; WEAK SOLUTIONS;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 55349113267     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070683064     Document Type: Article

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