Numerical simulation of electric field in complex geometries for different electrode arrangements using meshless local MQ-DQ method

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-175

  Jalaal, M ^a   Soleimani, Soheil ^b   Domairry, G ^b   Ghasemi, E ^b   Bararnia, H ^b   Mohammadi, F ^c   Barari, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electric potential; Electrostatic; Irregular geometry; Mesh free method; Multi quadrics (MQ); Radial basis function (RBF)

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; COMMERCIAL CODES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT; ELECTROSTATIC EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENTS; FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; IRREGULAR BOUNDARY; IRREGULAR GEOMETRIES; MESH-FREE METHOD; MESHLESS; MULTI QUADRICS (MQ); NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION (RBF);

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79956324540     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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