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Three-Dimensional High-Frequency Electromagnetic Modeling Using Vector Finite Elements  

Son Jeong-Sul (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resource)
Song Yoonho (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resource)
Chung Seung-Hwan (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resource)
Suh Jung Hee (Sch. of Urban, Civil & Geosystem Eng., Seoul National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.5, no.4, 2002 , pp. 280-290 More about this Journal
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3-D) electromagnetic (EM) modeling algorithm has been developed using finite element method (FEM) to acquire more efficient interpretation techniques of EM data. When FEM based on nodal elements is applied to EM problem, spurious solutions, so called 'vector parasite', are occurred due to the discontinuity of normal electric fields and may lead the completely erroneous results. Among the methods curing the spurious problem, this study adopts vector element of which basis function has the amplitude and direction. To reduce computational cost and required core memory, complex bi-conjugate gradient (CBCG) method is applied to solving complex symmetric matrix of FEM and point Jacobi method is used to accelerate convergence rate. To verify the developed 3-D EM modeling algorithm, its electric and magnetic field for a layered-earth model are compared with those of layered-earth solution. As we expected, the vector based FEM developed in this study does not cause ny vector parasite problem, while conventional nodal based FEM causes lots of errors due to the discontinuity of field variables. For testing the applicability to high frequencies 100 MHz is used as an operating frequency for the layer structure. Modeled fields calculated from developed code are also well matched with the layered-earth ones for a model with dielectric anomaly as well as conductive anomaly. In a vertical electric dipole source case, however, the discontinuity of field variables causes the conventional nodal based FEM to include a lot of errors due to the vector parasite. Even for the case, the vector based FEM gave almost the same results as the layered-earth solution. The magnetic fields induced by a dielectric anomaly at high frequencies show unique behaviors different from those by a conductive anomaly. Since our 3-D EM modeling code can reflect the effect from a dielectric anomaly as well as a conductive anomaly, it may be a groundwork not only to apply high frequency EM method to the field survey but also to analyze the fold data obtained by high frequency EM method.
Keywords
3-D EM modeling; high-frequency; dielectric anomaly; vector finite elements;
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