Reduction of numerical errors in the simulation of field-particle interaction problems using the TLM algorithm

  • M. G. Kong
  • , T. M. Benson
  • , C. Christopoulos

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Abstract

The Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) method is applied to a class of electromagnetic problems which involve a strong interaction between charged particles and electromagnetic fields. This time-domain algorithm offers certain advantages for modelling the field-particle problems, however numerical errors were observed consistently in a series of numerical experiments. Without suppression, such numerical errors would grow in the form of non-physical energy generation. In this paper, the physical cause of the non-physical energy is investigated by examining the process of moving a charged particle on a TLM mesh. Based on the results of this analysis, a technique is proposed to reduce these errors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)210-214
Number of pages5
JournalIEE Conference Publication
Issue number420
StatePublished - 1996
EventProceedings of the 1996 3rd International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics - Bath, UK
Duration: 10 Apr 199612 Apr 1996

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