Three-dimensional immersed finite element methods for electric field simulation in composite materials

This paper presents two immersed finite element (IFE) methods for solving the elliptic interface problem arising from electric field simulation in composite materials. The meshes used in these IFE methods can be independent of the interface geometry and position; therefore, if desired, a structured mesh such as a Cartesian mesh can be used in an IFE method to simulate 3-D electric field in a domain with non-trivial interfaces separating different materials. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate that the accuracies of these IFE methods are comparable to the standard linear finite element method with unstructured body-fit mesh. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.