Improvements of Finite Element Strategies in Electromagnetic Analysis
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"In electromagnetic analysis, standard nodal finite elements often lead to spurious solutions. Techniques like penalty
function and regularization partially address this by pushing spurious modes to higher end of the spectrum, but fail to
capture singular eigenvalues in domains with sharp edges and corners. To overcome this, edge elements with
degrees of freedom along edges have been developed. We propose a technique to convert nodal to edge data
structures for electromagnetic analysis, demonstrating superior performance of edge elements in complex domains.
Edge elements show better coarse mesh accuracy and robustness, particularly in predicting singular eigenvalues in
sharp-edge domains. For time-domain analysis of electromagnetic radiation and scattering, popular methods include
Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and Time Domain FEM (TDFEM). We propose a conserved quantity under
specific boundary conditions and a time-marching scheme within the edge element framework, maintaining this
conservation property regardless of time step size. Additionally, implementing symmetric boundary conditions in FEM
can reduce computational cost. However, in potential formulation, this is challenging. We present a novel
implementation of symmetric boundary conditions within a nodal framework, applicable to both harmonic and
transient electromagnetic analysis for a variety of radiation and scattering problems."
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Supervisor: Nandy, Arup