• DocumentCode
    1428514
  • Title

    How weak is the “weak solution” in finite element methods?

  • Author

    Bossavit, Alain

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. de France, Clamart, France
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2429
  • Lastpage
    2432
  • Abstract
    The standard Galerkin method in magnetostatics guarantees conservation of the flux about some surfaces, associated with the dual mesh, which we describe. Similar balance properties hold for edge-element approximations of Maxwell´s equations
  • Keywords
    Galerkin method; Maxwell equations; finite element analysis; magnetostatics; Galerkin method; Maxwell equations; dual mesh; edge element approximation; finite element method; magnetostatics; surface flux conservation; weak solution; Augmented virtuality; Finite element methods; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic domains; Magnetic flux; Magnetostatics; Maxwell equations; Moment methods; Permeability; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.717558
  • Filename
    717558