A user oriented modular package for the solution of general field problems under time varying conditions

In this paper a modular package, named COMPELL, for the solution of two-variable time-varying problems of the elliptic type is presented. The package allows the solution of standard magnetic problems, also under quasi-stationary or rapidly time-varying conditions, in the cases with nonlinear, anisotropic and nonhomogeneous materials with eddy currents, but can also face different problems, taking into account for instance the presence of moving bodies or the reciprocal interaction between magnetic fields, thermal fields and so on. The procedures used for field solution are generalized finite differences, least square finite differences, first presented in this paper, or finite elements. In the paper examples of magnetic field solutions are given, in particular by showing the field in a Tokamak structure accounting for the Hall effect. The data deck and the obtained results are displayed and the'main features of the package are discussed. © 1982 IEEE