• DocumentCode
    1535151
  • Title

    “Stiff” problems in eddy-current theory and the regularization of Maxwell´s equations

  • Author

    Bossavit, Alain

  • Author_Institution
    R&D Div., Electr. de France, Clamart, France
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3542
  • Lastpage
    3545
  • Abstract
    Large ratios of extreme nonzero conductivities in eddy current problems cause poor conditioning, due to the kernel of the curl-curl operator. Solutions to this problem (wrongly blamed on edge elements by some) are discussed
  • Keywords
    Maxwell equations; eddy currents; iterative methods; Maxwell´s equations; conditioning; curl-curl operator; eddy-current theory; extreme nonzero conductivities; regularization; Conductivity; Earth; Eddy currents; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Frequency; Iterative methods; Kernel; Maxwell equations; Spread spectrum communication; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.952657
  • Filename
    952657