Title
An efficient fully linearized semi-implicit Galerkin-mixed FEM for the dynamical Ginzburg-Landau equations of superconductivity
Abstract
The paper focuses on numerical study of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations under the Lorentz gauge. The proposed method is based on a fully linearized backward Euler scheme in temporal direction, and a mixed finite element method (FEM) in spatial direction, where the magnetic field = curl A is introduced as a new variable. The linearized Galerkin-mixed FEM enjoys many advantages over existing methods. In particular, at each time step the scheme only requires the solution of two linear systems for and ( , A ) , respectively, with constant coefficient matrices. These two matrices can be pre-assembled at the initial time step and these two linear systems can be solved simultaneously. Moreover, the method provides the same order of optimal accuracy for the density function , the magnetic potential A, the magnetic field = curl A , the electric potential div A and the current curl . Extensive numerical experiments in both two- and three-dimensional spaces, including complex geometries with defects, are presented to illustrate the accuracy and stability of the scheme. Our numerical results also show that the proposed method provides more realistic predictions for the vortex dynamics of the TDGL equations in nonsmooth domains, while the vortex motion influenced by a defect of the domain is of high interest in the study of superconductors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.jcp.2015.03.057
Journal of Computational Physics
Keywords
Field
DocType
superconductivity,mixed finite element method
Mathematical optimization,Linear system,Mathematical analysis,Matrix (mathematics),Galerkin method,Finite element method,Magnetic potential,Backward Euler method,Curl (mathematics),Mixed finite element method,Physics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
294
C
0021-9991
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.44
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Huadong Gao1455.89
Weiwei Sun215415.12