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The eddy-current problem for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations in domains of general topology is solved by introducing a scalar “potential” for the magnetic field in the insulator part of the domain. Indeed, since in general the insulator Ω I is multiply-connected, the magnetic field differs from the gradient of a potential by a harmonic field. We rewrite the problem in a two-domain formulation, in term of a scalar magnetic potential and a harmonic field in Ω I . Then the finite element numerical approximation based on this two-domain formulation is presented, using edge elements in the conductor and nodal elements in the insulator, and an optimal error estimate is proved. An iteration-by-sub domain procedure for the solution of the problem is also proposed.
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Rodríguez, A.A., Fernandes, P., Valli, A. (2003). The Time-Harmonic Eddy-Current Problem in General Domains: Solvability via Scalar Potentials. In: Monk, P., Carstensen, C., Funken, S., Hackbusch, W., Hoppe, R.H.W. (eds) Computational Electromagnetics. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55745-3_10
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