Title : 
Analysis of coupled electric and thermal field problems by boundary-element method
         
        
            Author : 
Kurgan, Eugeniusz
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Min. & Metall., Krakow, Poland
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents a new application of the boundary-element method to analysis of coupled electric and thermal field problems in conducting bodies. A nonlinear dependence of electrical and thermal conductivities on temperature and potential is taken into account. This approach is based on Kirchhoff´s transformation and numerical integration of domain terms
         
        
            Keywords : 
boundary-elements methods; conducting bodies; electric fields; electrical conductivity; integration; thermal conductivity; Kirchhoff transformation; boundary element method; conducting body; coupled field; electric field; electrical conductivity; nonlinear dependence; numerical integration; thermal conductivity; thermal field; Boundary conditions; Conductors; Couplings; Current density; Differential equations; Integral equations; Partial differential equations; Resistance heating; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on