Holding the fields constant: A shape-calculus approach to electromagnetic forces

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Hauptverfasser: Panchal, Piyush, Hiptmair, Ralf, Kurz, Stefan
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author Panchal, Piyush
Hiptmair, Ralf
Kurz, Stefan
author_facet Panchal, Piyush
Hiptmair, Ralf
Kurz, Stefan
contents Using the mathematical theory of shape calculus as tool, we perform a rigorous investigation of the virtual work principle for the computation of electromagnetic forces in static settings. The main goal is to shed light on the widely held belief that the virtual work principle entails passively advecting the fields with the virtual displacement when computing deformation-dependent field energies gradients. The adjoint approach to differentiation of functionals under variational constraints provides a mathematical justification for this belief. However, it also shows that passively advecting the actual electromagnetic fields is sufficient only in the case of linear materials. In the general case, also fields arising as solutions of adjoint variational problems have to be taken into account.
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spellingShingle Holding the fields constant: A shape-calculus approach to electromagnetic forces
Panchal, Piyush
Hiptmair, Ralf
Kurz, Stefan
Classical Physics
Mathematical Physics
78A30, 73V25
Using the mathematical theory of shape calculus as tool, we perform a rigorous investigation of the virtual work principle for the computation of electromagnetic forces in static settings. The main goal is to shed light on the widely held belief that the virtual work principle entails passively advecting the fields with the virtual displacement when computing deformation-dependent field energies gradients. The adjoint approach to differentiation of functionals under variational constraints provides a mathematical justification for this belief. However, it also shows that passively advecting the actual electromagnetic fields is sufficient only in the case of linear materials. In the general case, also fields arising as solutions of adjoint variational problems have to be taken into account.
title Holding the fields constant: A shape-calculus approach to electromagnetic forces
topic Classical Physics
Mathematical Physics
78A30, 73V25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05655