SBIR-STTR Award

3D Magnetic Field Modeling
Award last edited on: 7/11/2008

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$846,726
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF081-001
Principal Investigator
Gerald F Kiuttu

Company Information

VariTech Services

2901 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
   (505) 999-1265
   info@varitech-services.com
   www.varitech-services.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 01
County: Bernalillo

Phase I

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase I year
2008
Phase I Amount
$98,998
We propose to employ a novel Boundary Element Method (BEM) numerical technique to develop a parallel computer code that will allow simultaneous solution, in three dimensions (3-D), of the vacuum magnetic vector potential and magnetic field structure for complex geometries. The primary advantages of the chosen approach are the reduction of the dimensionality of the problem from three (volume) to two (surface) dimensions, and the avoidance of wasteful computation of fields and potentials away from conductor surfaces of interest. Furthermore, artificial external problem domain boundaries with generally unknown boundary conditions are avoided. The resulting code can either be employed stand-alone, for design purposes, or in combination with existing magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) or static magnetic diffusion codes based on finite-difference, finite-volume, finite-element, or even time-domain BEM techniques.

Keywords:
Magnetic Fields, Bem, Boundary Element Method, Magnetic Vector Potential, Vector Laplace Equation

Phase II

Contract Number: ----------
Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2009
Phase II Amount
$747,728
We propose to employ a novel Boundary Element Method (BEM) numerical technique, demonstrated during Phase I, to develop a parallel computer code that will allow simultaneous solution, in three dimensions (3-D), of the vacuum magnetic vector potential and magnetic field structure for complex geometries. The primary advantages of the chosen approach are the reduction of the dimensionality of the problem from three to two dimensions, and the avoidance of wasteful computation of fields and potentials away from conductor surfaces of interest. The resulting code can either be employed stand-alone, for design purposes, or in combination with existing magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) or static magnetic diffusion codes based on finite-difference, finite-volume, finite-element, or even time-domain BEM techniques.

Benefit:
The benefits and applications of successful development of a 3-D code for magnetic fields and potentials are too numerous to catalog. However, of immediate utility will be more successful designs of high-current, high-power pulsed power devices and systems for directed energy and advanced energy applications. The resulting code will also be useful for a wide range of commercial applications that use magnetic fields, such as the recording industry, the medical community for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and proton cancer therapy, magnetic levitation for the transportation industry, accelerators for beam guidance systems, and university research.

Keywords:
3-D Modeling, Boundary Element Method, Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Vector Potential, Numerical Methods, Bem, Three-Dimensional Modeling