Long name	Finite element method in electrical engineering
Approving CModule	SIM_MaET
Responsible	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Evers Professor Fakultät IME
Level	Master
Semester in the year	summer semester
Duration	Semester
Hours in self-study	78
ECTS	5
Professors	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Evers Professor Fakultät IME
Requirements	- Electrostatic: field strength, flux density, dielectrics - Electromagnetism: field strength, flux density, flux, magnetic circuits, induced voltage
Language	German
Separate final exam	No

Discretisation of physical problems using the example of an electrostatic arrangement
- One-dimensional model
- Two-dimensional model
- Replacement of partial derivatives by finite differences
- Boundary conditions
- Setting up the linear system of equations
- Different methods for solving the system of equations
- Result representation with interpolation
- Use of boundary-fitted grids
- Solving a two-dimensional electrostatic problem with FEM software
- Exploiting symmetries in the simulation
- Solving a two-dimensional magnetic problem with FEM software
- Extending the magnetic problem to include non-linear material properties
- Extension of the simulation by program-controlled variation of parameters and automatic output of characteristic diagrams with Python

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Carry out and critically evaluate FEM simulations on various physical effects

Type	Attendance (h/Wk.)
Lecture	2
Exercises (whole course)	2
Exercises (shared course)	0
Tutorial (voluntary)	0