Title :
Electromagnetic and thermal modeling of composite materials using multilayer shell elements
Author :
Ramdane, B. ; Trichet, D. ; Belkadi, M. ; Saidi, T. ; Fouladgar, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Rech. en Electrotech. et Electron. de Nantes Atlantique (IREENA), St. Nazaire, France
Abstract :
In this paper, a methodology based on shell elements is presented to model the electromagnetic and thermal phenomena of multilayered conductive composite materials. The standard 3-D Finite Element formulation is accomplished by a multilevel shell element representation. This leads to a reduced number of unknowns which improve the system convergence and consequently the computational time. The model developed will be validated with experimental results.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; composite materials; convergence of numerical methods; finite element analysis; heat transfer; induction heating; multilayers; 3D finite element formulation; Maxwell´s equations; composite plates; electromagnetic modeling; heat transfer; induction heating; multilayer shell elements; multilayered conductive composite materials; multilevel shell element representation; system convergence; thermal modeling; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Assembly; Composite materials; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Heat transfer; Magnetics; Nonhomogeneous media; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), 2010 14th Biennial IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7059-4
DOI :
10.1109/CEFC.2010.5481805
