Time-Domain Finite Elements for Virtual Testing of Electromagnetic Compatibility

Abstract

The paper presents a time-domain finite-element solver developed for simulations related to solving electromagnetic compatibility issues. The software is applied as a module integrated into a computational framework developed within a FP7 European project High Intensity Radiated Field – Synthetic Environment (HIRF SE) able to simulate a large class of problems. In the paper, the mathematical formulation is briefly presented, and special emphasis is put on the user point of view on the simulation tool-chain. The functionality is demonstrated on the computation of shielding effectiveness of two composite materials. Results are validated through experimental measurements and agreement is confirmed by automatic feature selective algorithms.

Keywords

• Amelet-HDF
• electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
• high intensity radiated field synthetic environment (HIRF SE)
• shielding effectiveness (SE)
• time domain finite elements (TDFE)
• composite materials