Structure-preserving mesh coupling based on the Buffa-Christiansen complex

DOI10.1090/MCOM/3121zbMATH Open1359.78020arXiv1602.04385OpenAlexW2281066793MaRDI QIDQ2953196FDOQ2953196

Authors: Ossi Niemimäki, L. Kettunen, Stefan Kurz 

Publication date: 4 January 2017

Published in: Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The state of the art for mesh coupling at nonconforming interfaces is presented and reviewed. Mesh coupling is frequently applied to the modeling and simulation of motion in electromagnetic actuators and machines. The paper exploits Whitney elements to present the main ideas. Both interpolation- and projection-based methods are considered. In addition to accuracy and efficiency, we emphasize the question whether the schemes preserve the structure of the de Rham complex, which underlies Maxwell's equations. As a new contribution, a structure-preserving projection method is presented, in which Lagrange multiplier spaces are chosen from the Buffa-Christiansen complex. Its performance is compared with a straightforward interpolation based on Whitney and de Rham maps, and with Galerkin projection.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.04385

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsde Rham complexWhitney elementsBuffa-Christiansen complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) de Rham cohomology and algebraic geometry (14F40) Finite element, Galerkin and related methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M10)

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Uses Software

• CGS
• PANG
• LehrFEM

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