Title :
A posteriori error indicators for 3D electromagnetic FE-BI analysis
Author :
Botha, Matthys M. ; Jin, Jian-Ming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The paper deals with the time-harmonic, electromagnetic analysis of a 3D inhomogeneous radiator/scatterer in free-space, using a finite element-boundary integral (FE-BI) formulation which solves for both the electric and magnetic fields simultaneously. Physics-based, a posteriori error indicators are proposed in this setting.
Keywords :
boundary integral equations; computational electromagnetics; electric fields; electromagnetic field theory; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave scattering; finite element analysis; magnetic fields; method of moments; 3D electromagnetic analysis; 3D inhomogeneous radiator; 3D inhomogeneous scatterer; FEM; MoM; a posteriori error indicators; electric fields; finite element boundary integral analysis; magnetic fields; method of moments; Computer errors; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite element methods; Integral equations; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Nonuniform electric fields; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1330099