• DocumentCode
    876340
  • Title

    Magnetostatic cancellation error revisited

  • Author

    Bedrosian, Gary

  • Author_Institution
    Gen. Electr. Corp. Res. & Dev., Schenectady, NY, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    4181
  • Lastpage
    4184
  • Abstract
    The conditions under which finite element representations of magnetostatic fields using magnetic scalar potentials suffer from cancellation errors are examined. It is shown that cancellation errors can arise from numerical roundoff at several points in the calculation, and that the magnetic field from a full scalar potential is not necessarily more accurate than the magnetic field from a reduced scalar potential. A method for controlling cancellation error in the source term for reduced scalar potentials is presented.
  • Keywords
    finite element analysis; magnetostatics; roundoff errors; cancellation errors; finite element representations; magnetic field; magnetic scalar potentials; magnetostatic fields; numerical roundoff; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Error correction; Finite element methods; Integral equations; Iron; Magnetic fields; Magnetic separation; Magnetostatics; Permeability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.105023
  • Filename
    105023