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Weighted regularization for composite materials in electromagnetism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2009

Patrick Ciarlet Jr. ,
François Lefèvre ,
Stéphanie Lohrengel  and
Serge Nicaise
Patrick Ciarlet Jr.
Affiliation:
Laboratoire POEMS, UMR 7231 CNRS/ENSTA/INRIA, ENSTA ParisTech, 32 boulevard Victor, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, France. Patrick.Ciarlet@ensta.fr
François Lefèvre
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mathématiques, FRE 3111, UFR Sciences exactes et naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Moulin de la Housse – B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France. francois.lefevre@univ-reims.fr; stephanie.lohrengel@univ-reims.fr
Stéphanie Lohrengel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mathématiques, FRE 3111, UFR Sciences exactes et naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Moulin de la Housse – B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France. francois.lefevre@univ-reims.fr; stephanie.lohrengel@univ-reims.fr
Serge Nicaise
Affiliation:
LAMAV, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, Le Mont Houy, 59313 Valenciennes Cedex 9, France. serge.nicaise@univ-valenciennes.fr
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Abstract

In this paper, a weighted regularization method for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with perfect conducting or impedance boundary condition in composite materials is presented. The computational domain Ω is the union of polygonal or polyhedral subdomains made of different materials. As a result, the electromagnetic field presents singularities near geometric singularities, which are the interior and exterior edges and corners. The variational formulation of the weighted regularized problem is given on the subspace of ${\cal H}$(${\bf curl}$;Ω) whose fields $\textit{\textbf{ u}}$ satisfy $w^\alpha$ div ($\varepsilon{\textit{\textbf{u}}}$)∈L2(Ω) and have vanishing tangential trace or tangential trace in L2($\partial\Omega$). The weight function $w(\bf x)$ is equivalent to the distance of $\bf x$ to the geometric singularities and the minimal weight parameter α is given in terms of the singular exponents of a scalar transmission problem. A density result is proven that guarantees the approximability of the solution field by piecewise regular fields. Numerical results for the discretization of the source problem by means of Lagrange Finite Elements of type P1 and P2 are given on uniform and appropriately refined two-dimensional meshes. The performance of the method in the case of eigenvalue problems is addressed.

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Maxwell's equationsinterface problemsingularities of solutionsdensity resultsweighted regularization
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Research Article
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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 75 - 108
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2009

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