3D Time-Domain Finite Element Modeling of Nonlinear Conductive/Ferromagnetic Thin Films

This internship project proposes to develop a new approach to model electromagnetic nonlinear thin regions, such as those encountered in various electrical devices and, for example, constituted by superconducting materials. In fact, it seeks to reduce the computational costs in simulations of devices made of thin layers and consequently allowing more realistic simulations, which is often impossible because of the particular geometry of these layers and the high costs associated to its discretization. In addition, the extremely nonlinear behavior of the materials is difficult to be represented without a fine discretization inside the thin region. Thus, with this project, we propose to represent the thin region by a lower dimension model and to include the behavior of the material mathematically on the model. Consequently, gains in terms of computational costs and faster devices design and optimization are expected. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Frederic Sirois;Marc Laforest

Student:

Partner:

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

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