MS-039- Computational Methods for Electromagnetism
Lucy Weggler, Sergej Rjasanow
Electromagnetic phenomena play a crucial role in industrial applications and their accurate and efficient understanding in theory and praxis is fundamental. The problems that are connected with electromagnetism are diverse. The governing equations to describe electrostatic, magnetostatic as well as general electromagnetic problems result from the Maxwell equations. The modeling of different kinds of materials such as perfect electric conductors or dielectrics is due to limiting cases of material data. From a mathemetical point of view, the electromagnetic problems are described as boundary or transmission problems, either in a bounded or unbounded domain. As difficult as the developing of the appropriate mathematical theory is the developing of the appropriate computational method. This Mini-Symposium is devoted to collect and distribute the current knowledge in what concerns optimal computational methods solving problems derived from the Maxwell equations. The boundary element methods are suited for the numerical solution of problems from electromagnetism, for instance. Presentations concerned with advances in application of the boundary element method in this field are of special interest.