A JOINT VECTOR AND SCALAR POTENTIAL FORMULATION FOR DRIVEN HIGH-FREQUENCY PROBLEMS USING HYBRID EDGE AND NODAL FINITE-ELEMENTS

An advanced A-V method employing edge-based finite elements for the ve ctor potential A and nodal shape functions for the scalar potential V is proposed. Both gauged and ungauged formulations are considered. The novel scheme is particularly well suited for efficient iterative solv ers such as the preconditioned conjugate gradient method, since it lea ds to significantly faster numerical convergence rates than pure edge element schemes. In contrast to nodal finite element implementations, spurious solutions do not occur and the inherent singularities of the electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of perfectly conducting edges a nd corners are handled correctly. Several numerical examples are prese nted to verify the suggested approach.