Performance analysis of fem solvers on practical electromagnetic problems

Gergely Máté Kiss, Jan Kaska, Roberto André Henrique De Oliveira, Olena Rubanenko, Balázs Tóth

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Abstract

The paper presents a comparative analysis of different commercial and academic software. The comparison aims to examine how the integrated adaptive grid refinement methodologies can deal with challenging, electromagnetic-field related problems. For this comparison, two bench-mark problems were examined in the paper. The first example is a solution of an L-shape domain like test problem, which has a singularity at a certain point in the geometry. The second problem is an induction heated aluminum rod, which accurate solution needs to solve non-linear, coupled physical fields. The accurate solution of this problem requires applying adaptive mesh generation strategies or applying a very fine mesh in the electromagnetic domain, which can significantly increase the computational complexity. The results show that the fully-hp adaptive meshing strategies, which are integrated into Agros Suite, can significantly reduce the task's computational complexity compared to the automatic h-adaptivity, which is part of the examined, popular commercial solvers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)113-122
Number of pages10
JournalPeriodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Volume65
Issue number2
Early online date25 Mar 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Apr 2021

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Keywords

  • Agros software
  • Finite Element Method (FEM)
  • Hp-adaptive techniques
  • Numerical modelling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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