Solution procedures for three-dimensional eddy current problems
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Solution procedures for three-dimensional eddy current problems
zbMATH Open document ID: 0563.35054
DOI: 10.1016/0022-247X(84)90108-2
author: Richard C. MacCamy
author: Ernst P. Stephan
published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The authors consider scattering of time-harmonic electro-magnetic waves by three-dimensional metallic objects, the conductivity of which is such that displacement currents in the metal are negligible. This generalizes earlier work of \textit{S. I. Hariharan} and the first author [J. Comput. Phys. 45, 80-99 (1982; Zbl 0478.65080)] on a class of two-dimensional problems. The electric and magnetic vectors are expressed as asymptotic series in inverse powers of a parameter that is large when the product of frequency and conductivity is large. The first terms in these series correspond to the perfect conductor approximation, and may be determined by solving an exterior boundary value problem. A new integral equation procedure, which makes it relatively easy to calculate the tangential magnetic field on the air-metal interface, is developed. This procedure is analogous to one used to solve scalar problems by means of a simple layer and integral equations of the first kind. Once the perfect conductivity problem has been solved, the remaining coefficients in the series may be found recursively, by solving a sequence of problems of this same kind. The paper is quite technical. Some familiarity with pseudo-differential operators and Sobolev space theory is required. The asymptotic procedure is described formally; a verification of its asymptotic nature for the two-dimensional problem cited above will be given elsewhere. There is an assumption about the frequency of the waves in order to ensure uniqueness and to avoid difficulties associated with eigenfrequencies of a related interior problem.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35P25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35C20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35S15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46E35
zbMATH DE Number: 3897467
zbMATH Keywords: eddy current
zbMATH Keywords: scattering
zbMATH Keywords: time-harmonic electro-magnetic waves
zbMATH Keywords: integral equation procedure
zbMATH Keywords: perfect conductivity
zbMATH Keywords: pseudo-differential operators
zbMATH Keywords: Sobolev space
zbMATH Keywords: asymptotic procedure
reviewed by: Robert F. Millar
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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