An efficient wavelet preconditioner for iterative solution of three-dimensional electromagnetic integral equations

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Deng ◽  
Hao Ling
Keyword(s):  
Integral Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Iterative Solution

Electromagnetic modeling of 3-D structures by the method of system iteration using integral equations

Geophysics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 1556-1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zonghou Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Integral Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
Iterative Solution ◽  
Matrix Inversion ◽  
Electromagnetic Modeling ◽  
Direct Inversion ◽  
Conductivity Structure ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Earth Conductivity

A new approach for electromagnetic modeling of three‐dimensional (3-D) earth conductivity structures using integral equations is introduced. A conductivity structure is divided into many substructures and the integral equation governing the scattering currents within a substructure is solved by a direct matrix inversion. The influence of all other substructures are treated as external excitations and the solution for the whole structure is then found iteratively. This is mathematically equivalent to partitioning the scattering matrix into many block submatrices and solving the whole system by a block iterative method. This method reduces computer memory requirements since only one submatrix at a time needs to be stored. The diagonal submatrices that require direct inversion are defined by local scatterers only and thus are generally better conditioned than the matrix for the whole structure. The block iterative solution requires much less computation time than direct matrix inversion or conventional point iterative methods as the convergence depends on the number of the submatrices, not on the total number of unknowns in the solution. As the submatrices are independent of each other, this method is suitable for parallel processing.

Boundary Condition Design to Heat a Moving Object at Uniform Transient Temperature Using Inverse Formulation

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Ertu¨rk ◽  
Ofodike A. Ezekoye ◽  
John R. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Chemical Deposition ◽  
Iterative Solution ◽  
Conveyor Belt ◽  
Temperature History ◽  
Transient Temperature

The boundary condition design of a three-dimensional furnace that heats an object moving along a conveyor belt of an assembly line is considered. A furnace of this type can be used by the manufacturing industry for applications such as industrial baking, curing of paint, annealing or manufacturing through chemical deposition. The object that is to be heated moves along the furnace as it is heated following a specified temperature history. The spatial temperature distribution on the object is kept isothermal through the whole process. The temperature distribution of the heaters of the furnace should be changed as the object moves so that the specified temperature history can be satisfied. The design problem is transient where a series of inverse problems are solved. The process furnace considered is in the shape of a rectangular tunnel where the heaters are located on the top and the design object moves along the bottom. The inverse design approach is used for the solution, which is advantageous over a traditional trial-and-error solution where an iterative solution is required for every position as the object moves. The inverse formulation of the design problem is ill-posed and involves a set of Fredholm equations of the first kind. The use of advanced solvers that are able to regularize the resulting system is essential. These include the conjugate gradient method, the truncated singular value decomposition or Tikhonov regularization, rather than an ordinary solver, like Gauss-Seidel or Gauss elimination.

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