https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2007083
Comparing FEM-BEM and FEM-DBCI for open-boundary electrostatic field problems
1
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e dei
Sistemi (DIEES), Universita' di Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6 95125
Catania, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Universita' di Messina, Salita Sperone, 31 98166 Messina, Italy
Corresponding author: alfo@diees.unict.it
Received:
18
January
2007
Accepted:
12
April
2007
Published online:
30
May
2007
This paper compares the hybrid FEM-BEM and FEM-DBCI methods for the solution of open-boundary electrostatic field problems. Both methods couple a differential equation for the interior problem with an integral equation for the exterior one. The comparison shows that FEM-BEM is more accurate than FEM-DBCI but requires more computing time.
PACS: 41.20.Cv – Electrostatics; Poisson and Laplace equations, boundary-value problems / 02.70.Dh – Finite-element and Galerkin methods / 02.70.Pt – Boundary-integral methods
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