Coupled electrical and thermal transient conduction problems with a quadratic interpolation cell method approach

Author

Bullo, M. ; Ambrosio, V.D. ; Dughiero, F. ; Guarnieri, M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Padova Univ.

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1003

Lastpage

1006

Abstract

The Cell Method is an approach to the numerical calculation of fields that has been recently applied to the coupled computation of electric and thermal conduction using a linear interpolation of both the electric and temperature fields. In this paper a quadratic interpolation approach is presented. It is aimed at the achievement of an accurate field distribution computation particularly in complex domains such as biological structures. Such condition are encountered in the prediction of the thermal distribution obtained in hyperthermic treatments. Some results for a real case are presented in the paper

Keywords

biological effects of radiation; electric fields; heat conduction; hyperthermia; interpolation; temperature distribution; Cell method; electric fields; electrical transient conduction; hyperthermic treatments; linear interpolation; quadratic interpolation; temperature fields; thermal distribution; thermal transient conduction; Biology computing; Couplings; Electric potential; Electromagnetic fields; Heat transfer; Hyperthermia; Integral equations; Interpolation; Resistance heating; Thermal conductivity; Biomedical applications of electromagnetic field; cell method; finite formulation; hyperthermic treatment; quadratic interpolation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2006.872471

Filename

1608378