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
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