<p>We describe, implement, and analyze a class of staggered grid algorithms for efficient simulation and analysis of time-domain Maxwell systems in the case of heterogeneous, conductive, and nondispersive, isotropic, linear media. We provide the derivation of a continuous mathematical model from the Maxwell equations in vacuum; however, the complexity of this system necessitates the use of computational methods for approximately solving for the physical unknowns. The finite difference approximation has been used for partial differential equations and the Maxwell Equations in particular for many years. We develop staggered grid based finite difference discrete operators as a class of approximations to continuous operators based on second order in time and various order approximations to the electric and magnetic field at staggered grid locations. A generalized parameterized operator which can be specified to any of this class of discrete operators is then applied to the Maxwell system and hence we develop discrete approximations through various choices of parameters in the approximation. We describe analysis of the resulting discrete system as an approximation to the continuous system. Using the comparison of dispersion analysis for the discrete and continuous systems, we derive a third difference approximation, in addition to the known (2, 2) and (2, 4) schemes. We conclude by providing the comparison of these three methods by simulating the Maxwell system for several choices of parameters in the system
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10010857 |
| Date | 17 February 2016 |
| Creators | Charlesworth, Alexander E. |
| Publisher | Colorado School of Mines |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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