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An Iterative Immersed Finite Element Method for an Electric Potential Interface Problem Based on Given Surface Electric Quantity
Journal of Computational Physics
  • Yong Cao
  • Yuchuan Chu
  • Xiaoming He, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Tao Lin
Abstract

Interface problems involving the non-homogeneous flux jump condition are critical for engineering designs in the magnetostatic/electrostatic field. In applications, such as plasma simulation, we often only know the total electric quantity on the surface of the object, not the charge density distribution on the surface which appears as the non-homogeneous flux jump condition in the usual interface problems considered in the literature for the magnetostatic/electrostatic field. Based on structured meshes independent of the interface, this article proposes an iterative method that employs both the immersed finite element (IFE) method with non-homogeneous flux jump conditions and the regular finite element method with ghost nodes introduced in the object to solve the 2D interface problem for the potential field according to the given total electric quantity on the surface of the object. Numerical experiments are provided to illustrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method.

Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Conducting Object,
  • Immersed Finite Elements,
  • Iterative Method,
  • Surface Charging
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Date
01 Jan 2015
Citation Information
Yong Cao, Yuchuan Chu, Xiaoming He and Tao Lin. "An Iterative Immersed Finite Element Method for an Electric Potential Interface Problem Based on Given Surface Electric Quantity" Journal of Computational Physics Vol. 281 (2015) p. 82 - 95 ISSN: 0021-9991
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaoming-he/11/