Spectral Approximation of Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations in Three-Dimensional Exterior Domains

Spectral Approximation of Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations in Three-Dimensional Exterior Domains

Year:    2015

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 12 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 366–383

Abstract

We develop in this paper an efficient and robust spectral-Galerkin method for solving the three-dimensional time-harmonic Maxwell equations in exterior domains. We first reduce the problem to a bounded domain by using the capacity operator which characterizes the transparent boundary condition (TBC). Then, we adopt the transformed field expansion (TFE) approach to reduce the problem to a sequence of Maxwell equations in a spherical shell. Finally, we develop an efficient spectral algorithm by using Legendre approximation in the radial direction and vector spherical harmonic expansion in the tangential directions.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2015-IJNAM-494

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 12 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 366–383

Published online:    2015-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Maxwell equations exterior problems transparent boundary conditions vector spherical harmonics Legendre spectral method.