A study of node-based finite elements for the solution of the time-harmonic Maxwell equations

• Main Author: Braun, Michael Rainer
• Other Authors: Klaus-Jürgen Bathe.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2017
• Subjects: Mechanical Engineering.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108898

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101). === Classical node-based finite elements are well-known to cause difficulties in the solution of the Maxwell equations. These difficulties are discussed and investigated by means of numerical examples in this thesis. Time-harmonic source problems and eigen-problems are analyzed using mixed node-based finite elements. The results are compared to results obtained with vector finite elements. === by Michael Rainer Braun. === S.M.