Harmonic Balance Finite Element Method (eBook)

Junwei Lu, Professor, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia. Professor Lu has developed Harmonic Balance FEM techniques for nonlinear magnetics and Time Domain FEM techniques for wave propagation problems, and has been working in this area since 1985. He has taught numerical techniques in EM, power electronics and electric machines, power transmission and distribution, advanced communications systems since 1993. He holds over 10 international patents related to smart antennas arrays, high frequency transformers and inductor, and other high frequency magnetic devices. His research interests include Computational Electromagnetics, EMC computer modelling and simulation, high frequency magnetics, smart mobile terminal antennas, MEMS devices, and smart transformer used in renewable energy system and smart grid, and EV technology. Xiaojun Zhao is researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Source, North China Electric Power University, China. His main research interests are engineering electromagnetic field analysis, DC bias phenomena in power transformers, and modeling properties of magnetic material. Sotoshi Yamada received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He received the Dr. Eng. degree from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1985. From 1974 to 1992, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University. He has been Professor at Laboratory of Magnetic Field Control and Applications since 1992 and is engaged in research on power magnetic devices, the numerical electromagnetic field calculation, biomagnetics, etc.