Energy Identities and Stability Analysis of the Yee Scheme for 3D Maxwell Equations

Energy Identities and Stability Analysis of the Yee Scheme for 3D Maxwell Equations

Year:    2020

Author:    Xiaorui Sang, Liping Gao, Rengang Shi, Xiaorui Sang, Rengang Shi

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 13 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 788–813

Abstract

In this paper numerical energy identities of the Yee scheme on uniform grids for  three dimensional Maxwell equations with periodic boundary conditions  are proposed and expressed in terms of the $L^2$, $H^1$ and $H^2$ norms. The relations between the $H^1$ or $H^2$ semi-norms and the magnitudes of the curls or the second curls of the fields in the Yee scheme are derived. By the $L^2$ form of the identity it is shown that the solution fields of the Yee scheme is approximately energy conserved. By the $H^1$ or $H^2$ semi norm of the identities, it is proved that the curls or the second curls of the solution of the Yee scheme are approximately magnitude (or energy)-conserved. From these numerical energy identities, the Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) stability condition is re-derived, and the stability of the Yee scheme in the $L^2$,  $H^1$  and $H^2$ norms is then proved. Numerical experiments to compute the numerical energies and convergence orders in the  $L^2$, $H^1$ and $H^2$ norms are carried out and the computational results confirm the analysis of the Yee scheme on energy conservation and stability analysis.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2019-0121

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 13 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 788–813

Published online:    2020-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    26

Keywords:    Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method Maxwell equations energy conservation stability convergence CFL.

Author Details

Xiaorui Sang

Liping Gao

Rengang Shi

Xiaorui Sang

Rengang Shi