Title :
Electrostatic solution for three-dimensional, arbitrarily-shaped conducting bodies using FE/MEI
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, the open-region electrostatic conducting body problem is solved with the finite element (FE) method augmented with the measured equation of invariance (MEI) mesh-truncation technique to result in a relatively small, sparse system matrix. The applicability of the FE/MEI technique to three-dimensional bodies is demonstrated. Further, it is concluded that this method provides significant savings in terms of computer storage and execution times as compared to the conventional MoM solution.
Keywords :
electrostatics; finite element analysis; sparse matrices; MEI; arbitrarily-shaped conducting bodies; electrostatic solution; finite element method; measured equation of invariance mesh-truncation technique; sparse system matrix; three-dimensional bodies; Conductors; Difference equations; Electric variables measurement; Electrostatic measurements; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Geometry; Iron; Laplace equations; Sparse matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1995. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2719-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1995.529967
