Hyperbolic Basis Functions for Time-Transient Analysis of Eddy Currents in Conductive and Magnetic Thin Sheets

This article presents a new time-domain finite-element approach for modeling thin sheets with hyperbolic basis functions derived from the well-known steady-state solution of the linear flux diffusion equation. The combination of solutions at different operating frequencies permits the representation of the time evolution of field quantities in the magnetic field formulation. This approach is here applied to solve a planar shielding problem in harmonic and time-dependent simulations for materials with either linear or nonlinear characteristics. Local and global quantities show good agreement with the reference solutions obtained by the standard finite-element method (FEM) on a complete and representative discretization of the region exposed to a time-varying magnetic field.

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