Title :
Treatment of material discontinuity in meshless methods for EM problems using interpolating moving least squares
Author :
Coppoli, E.H.R. ; Silva, Renato S. ; Mesquita, R.C.
Author_Institution :
Centro Fed. de Educ. Tecnol. de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
Abstract :
One of the main difficulties with meshless methods applied to electromagnetic problems is the treatment of material discontinuities. To deal with them, the present work makes use of the Interpolating Moving Least Squares (IMLS) in the Element Free Galerkin Method (EFGM), instead of the frequently used Moving Least Squares (MLS) approximation. The positive aspects of this treatment are the reduction of the field oscillations generated by the discontinuities and the easiness in imposing essential boundary conditions.
Keywords :
Galerkin method; electromagnetic waves; interpolation; least squares approximations; boundary condition; electromagnetic problem; element free Galerkin method; material discontinuity treatment; meshless method; moving least square approximation; moving least square interpolation; Element Free Galerkin Method; Interpolating Moving Least Squares; Meshless; Moving Least Squares;
Conference_Titel :
Computation in Electromagnetics, 2008. CEM 2008. 2008 IET 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brighton
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-891-4