• DocumentCode
    2985234
  • Title

    A fixed random walk Monte Carlo computation of potential inside two Conducting oblate spheroidal shells

  • Author

    Momoh, O.D. ; Sadiku, M.N.O. ; Musa, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Eng., Technol., & Comput. Sci., Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Fort Wayne, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    17-20 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    196
  • Lastpage
    200
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a fixed random walk Monte Carlo method for computing potential distribution within two conducting oblate spheroidal shells at different potential. An explicit finite difference method for solving Laplace´s equation in oblate spheroidal coordinates systems for an axially symmetric geometry has been developed. This was used to determine the transition probabilities for the fixed random walk Monte Carlo method used. An ingenious strategy was created to overcome the singularity problems encountered in the oblate spheroid pole regions. The potential computation results obtained did fall in the same range with those obtained using finite difference method and exact solution.
  • Keywords
    Laplace equations; Monte Carlo methods; finite difference methods; optical variables measurement; Laplace equation; axially symmetric geometry; conducting oblate spheroidal shells; finite difference method; fixed random walk Monte Carlo computation; potential distribution computing; singularity problems; transition probabilities; Boundary conditions; Computers; Electromagnetics; Equations; Finite difference methods; Laplace equations; Monte Carlo methods; Gudermannian function; explicit finite difference; oblate spheroid; transition probabilities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Southeastcon, 2011 Proceedings of IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Nashville, TN
  • ISSN
    1091-0050
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-739-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SECON.2011.5752932
  • Filename
    5752932