On a decoupled linear FEM integrator for Eddy-current-LLG

Abstract

We propose a numerical integrator for the coupled system of the eddy-current equation with the nonlinear Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The considered effective field contains a general field contribution, and we particularly cover exchange, anisotropy, applied field, and magnetic field (stemming from the eddy-current equation). Even though the considered problem is nonlinear, our scheme requires only the solution of two linear systems per time-step. Moreover, our algorithm decouples both equations so that in each time-step, one linear system is solved for the magnetization, and afterwards one linear system is solved for the magnetic field. Unconditional convergence -- at least of a subsequence -- towards a weak solution is proved, and our analysis even provides existence of such weak solutions. Numerical experiments with a micromagnetic benchmark problem underline the performance of the proposed algorithm.

13 pages, 4 figures

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