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6.3.3 Transient Simulation

To perform the transient potential distribution the time varying term $\partial t$ is included in (6.2), which becomes


\begin{displaymath}
div(\gamma_E~grad~\varphi+
\underline{\varepsilon}~grad~\frac{\partial \varphi}{\partial t})=0.
\end{displaymath} (6.3)

In order to optimize the simulation speed the implemented algorithm uses daptive time-step control.



Rui Martins
1999-02-24