Non-smooth modelling of electrical systems using the flux approach (Q842223)

The authors extend the flux approach to the study of non-smooth electrical systems. The assumptions and formulations used for mechanical systems have been adopted for the flux approach using the position--flux analogy. For the most important non-smooth elements, like diodes and switching elements, branch relations have been formulated in the flux approach and related to analogous mechanical elements. By using an explicit discretisation scheme, the authors argue that the difficulties of the nonlinear complementarity problem can be avoided, but other problems like numerical stability are added. One possible solution for the implicit case could be the transformation into a set of nonlinear equations using the augmented Lagrangian approach.