A New Algorithm to Solve Sinusoidal Steady State Maxwell's Equations on Unstructured Grids

Document Type : Research Note

Authors

Mechanical Engineering Departement, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

A new approach for numerical solution of sinusoidal steady state
Maxwell's equations is developed. This approach is based on Yee's
method, and can be applied on unstructured grids. A case problem
with available analytical solution is solved by the method and the
results show a good agreement with analytical solution. This method
can be improved to be applicable for general unsteady problems.

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Volume 25, Issue 3
Transactions on Mechanical Engineering (B)
May and June 2018
Pages 1296-1302
  • Receive Date: 28 September 2015
  • Revise Date: 13 November 2016
  • Accept Date: 31 May 2017