Experiences with 3-dimensional magnetic vector potential/electric scalar potential finite element solvers using the Coulomb gauge

Author

Sitzia, A. ; Baker, A.E.

Author_Institution

GEC Alsthom Eng. Res. Centre, Stafford, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

10-12 Apr 1996

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

222

Abstract

A family of 3-dimensional frequency-domain finite element solvers, based on magnetic vector potential/electric scalar potential formulations using the Coulomb gauge, has been developed for the analysis of a wide range of electrical equipment and installations. The solvers are designed to be compatible with the SLIM suite of electromagnetic finite-element software. The family comprises a magnetostatic solver (slim-adc), a power-frequency or eddy-current solver (slim-av) and a coupled-field solver (slim-avhf) for high frequency applications. An accompanying static stream solver (slim-vdc) has been developed to provide a pre-processing function for source currents for the three field solvers

Keywords

finite element analysis; 3D finite element solvers; 3D magnetic vector potential/electric scalar potential; Coulomb gauge; SLIM suite; coupled-field solver; eddy current solver; electrical equipment; electrical installations; electromagnetic finite element softwar; high frequency applications; magnetostatic solver; power-frequency solver; preprocessing; slim-adc; slim-av; slim-avhf; slim-vdc; source currents; static stream solver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Computation in Electromagnetics, Third International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 420)

Conference_Location

Bath

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-657-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19960188

Filename

681124