Finite Element Method - Table of contents _ cplates

Finite Element Method - Table of contents _ cplates The description of the laws of physics for space- and time-dependent problems are usually expressed in terms of partial differential equations (PDEs). For the vast majority of geometries and problems, these PDEs cannot be solved with analytical methods. Instead, an approximation of the equations can be constructed, typically based upon different types of discretizations. These discretization methods approximate the PDEs with numerical model equations, which can be solved using numerical methods. The solution to the numerical model equations are, in turn, an approximation of the real solution to the PDEs. The finite element method (FEM) is used to compute such approximations.

Plate 2 Analysis of an arch dam in China

An early three dimensional analysis (1970) Analysis by OCZ and Cedric Taylor, Department of Civil Engineering,

the alignment and misalignment of rotor poles and stator teeth

(b) Contours and vectors that indicate the strength and direction of the magnetic fields in the stator core back

Plate 3 4-pole generator

Courtesy of Mr William Trowbridge, Vector Fields, Kidlington, Oxfordshire Source: J Simkin and C.W Trowbridge

'Three dimensional nonlinear electromagnetic field computations, using scalar potentials', Roc /€E, 127, Pt B,

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