Generalized continuum sensitivity formula for optimum design of electrode and dielectric contours

Author

Kim, Dong-Hun ; Park, Il-Han ; Shin, Myoung-Chul ; Sykulski, J.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southampton, UK

Volume

39

Issue

3

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1281

Lastpage

1284

Abstract

This paper presents a generalized continuum sensitivity formula that is applicable to all cases of the optimization of electrostatic devices. Using the proposed approach, it is easy to deal with any design problems concerning electrode and dielectric contours to control space field distribution as well as surface field intensity. The derived sensitivity formula, in conjunction with the boundary-element method and the finite-element method, has been successfully applied to shape optimization of three representative examples in electrostatics.

Keywords

boundary-elements methods; electrostatic devices; finite element analysis; sensitivity analysis; boundary-element method; dielectric contours; electrode contours; electrostatic devices; finite-element method; generalized continuum sensitivity formula; optimum design; sensitivity formula; shape optimization; space field distribution; surface field intensity; Design optimization; Dielectric devices; Electrodes; Electrostatic devices; Equations; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Gas insulation; Optimization methods; Particle separators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2003.810213

Filename

1198454