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Adaptive meshless methods in electromagnetic modeling : A gradient-based refinement strategy

Kaufmann, Thomas ; Engström, Christian LU and Fumeaux, Christophe (2011) 14th European Microwave Week 2011: "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011 - 41st EuropeanMicrowave Conference, EuMC 2011 p.559-562
Abstract

Meshless methods are numerical methods that have the advantage of high accuracy without the need of an explicitly described mesh topology. In this class of methods, the Radial Point Interpolation Method (RPIM) is a promising collocation method where the application of radial basis functions yields high interpolation accuracy for even strongly unstructured node distributions. For electromagnetic simulations in particular, this distinguishing characteristic translates into an enhanced capability for conformal and multi-scale modeling. The method also facilitates adaptive discretization refinements, which provides an important tool to decrease memory consumption and computation time. In this paper, a refinement strategy is introduced for... (More)

Meshless methods are numerical methods that have the advantage of high accuracy without the need of an explicitly described mesh topology. In this class of methods, the Radial Point Interpolation Method (RPIM) is a promising collocation method where the application of radial basis functions yields high interpolation accuracy for even strongly unstructured node distributions. For electromagnetic simulations in particular, this distinguishing characteristic translates into an enhanced capability for conformal and multi-scale modeling. The method also facilitates adaptive discretization refinements, which provides an important tool to decrease memory consumption and computation time. In this paper, a refinement strategy is introduced for RPIM. In the proposed node adaptation algorithm, the accuracy of a solution is increased iteratively based on an initial solution with a coarse discretization. In contrast to the commonly used residual-based adaptivity algorithms, this definition is extended by an error estimator based on the solution gradient. In the studied cases this strategy leads to increased convergence rates compared with the standard algorithm. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.

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European Microwave Week 2011 : "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011 - "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011
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14th European Microwave Week 2011: "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011 - 41st EuropeanMicrowave Conference, EuMC 2011
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2011-10-10 - 2011-10-13
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  author       = {{Kaufmann, Thomas and Engström, Christian and Fumeaux, Christophe}},
  booktitle    = {{European Microwave Week 2011 : "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011}},
  isbn         = {{9782874870224}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{559--562}},
  title        = {{Adaptive meshless methods in electromagnetic modeling : A gradient-based refinement strategy}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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