A posteriori error estimation for the p-curl problem

DOI10.1137/16M1075624zbMATH Open1469.65150arXiv1605.06532OpenAlexW3102255440MaRDI QIDQ5215523FDOQ5215523

Authors: Andy T. S. Wan, Marc Laforest 

Publication date: 12 February 2020

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive a posteriori error estimates for a semi-discrete finite element approximation of a nonlinear eddy current problem arising from applied superconductivity, known as the $p$-curl problem. In particular, we show the reliability for non-conforming N'{e}d'{e}lec elements based on a residual type argument and a Helmholtz-Weyl decomposition of $W_0^p(extcurl;Omega)$. As a consequence, we are also able to derive an a posteriori error estimate for a quantity of interest called the AC loss. The nonlinearity for this form of Maxwell's equation is an analogue of the one found in the $p$-Laplacian. It is handled without linearizing around the approximate solution. The non-conformity is dealt by adapting error decomposition techniques of Carstensen, Hu and Orlando. Geometric non-conformities also appear because the continuous problem is defined over a bounded $C^{1,1}$ domain while the discrete problem is formulated over a weaker polyhedral domain. The semi-discrete formulation studied in this paper is often encountered in commercial codes and is shown to be well-posed. The paper concludes with numerical results confirming the reliability of the a posteriori error estimate.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.06532

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zbMATH Keywords

nonlinearerror estimationMaxwell's equationsdivergence freefinite elementnonconformingeddy currenta posterioriNédélec element\(p\)-curl problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Degenerate parabolic equations (35K65) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Finite element, Galerkin and related methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M10) Numerical solution of discretized equations for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M22)

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Uses Software

• CGAL
• FEniCS

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