WIT Press


A Hybrid Boundary Element - Finite Element Formulation For Nonlinear Magnetic Field Problems

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

20

Pages

10

Published

1998

Size

752 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/EBEM980151

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

O. Bottauscio, M. Chiampi, D. Chiarabaglio & M. Repetto

Abstract

A 2D hybrid Boundary Element-Finite Element formulation for the analysis of nonlinear magnetic field problems is presented. The approach uses the magnetic scalar potential in curl-free FEM regions and the magnetic field in the BEM regions including field sources. Saturable magnetic materials are modelled in FEM regions and the nonlinearity is treated using Fixed-Point technique which does not require to update the system matrix at each iteration. The method is applied to a model problem and the accuracy of the results is discussed. 1 Int

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