ECCOMAS 2024

Reducing Meshing Requirements for Electrostatic Problems using a Galerkin Boundary Element Method

  • Marussig, Benjamin (Graz Universtiy of Technology)
  • Rüberg, Thomas (TailSiT GmbH)
  • Zechner, Jürgen (TailSiT GmbH)
  • Kielhorn, Lars (TailSiT GmbH)
  • Fries, Thomas-Peter (Graz Universtiy of Technology)

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This work focuses on model preparation for electrostatic simulations of CAD designs to realize a rapid virtual prototyping concept. We present a boundary element method (BEM) allowing discontinuous fields between surfaces. The corresponding edges of the CAD model are enhanced with the data required to integrate over non-conforming elements. Finally, we generate a mesh for each CAD surface. The approach is verified via numerical experiments and shows excellent agreement with conforming BEM results.