A discontinuous Galerkin method for solving transient Maxwell equations with nonlinear material properties

Abstract
Discontinuous Galerkin time-domain method (DGTD) has been used extensively in computational electromagnetics for analyzing transient electromagnetic wave interactions on structures described with linear constitutive relations. DGTD expands unknown fields independently on disconnected mesh elements and uses numerical flux to realize information exchange between fields on different elements (J. S. Hesthaven and T. Warburton, Nodal Discontinuous Galerkin Method, 2008). The numerical flux of choice for 'linear' Maxwell equations is the upwind flux, which mimics accurately the physical behavior of electromagnetic waves on discontinuous boundaries. It is obtained from the analytical solution of the Riemann problem defined on the boundary of two neighboring mesh elements.

Citation
Sirenko, K., Asirim, O., & Bagci, H. (2014). A discontinuous Galerkin method for solving transient Maxwell equations with nonlinear material properties. 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). doi:10.1109/usnc-ursi.2014.6955539

Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Journal
2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium)

Conference/Event Name
2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2014

DOI
10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955539

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