Chapter 7

Coordinate Transformation

Optimized charge simulation method (OCSM)

Error analysis in the charge simulation method

Transformation Matrix

 If the axes of x' and y' are rotated by angle 𝛼 in clockwise direction
and move it parallel to the x and y axes, then these two coordinate
systems are coincident.

 In 3-dimensional case
 Line potential based on each line charge is
 Objective function

 The purpose of OCSM is to find the equivalent lumped sources which best replace the distributed
surface charges.
 This means that the error between the real potential 𝜑𝑎 and the simulated value 𝜑𝑐 should be as
small as possible.
 Transformation of constrained conditions

 The solution of the constrained optimization problem is more complex than in unconstrained
optimization. In the charge simulation method, the constrained condition is that the simulated
charges must be placed inside the conductors or outside the region under consideration.
 Properties of the errors
 If a Laplacian problem with Dirichlet
 Electric field related to charge density by boundary conditions
the divergence
𝜌
∇. 𝐸 =
𝜀0

𝐸 = −∇𝑉
 Electric potential by a gradient
relationship
𝜌
∇. ∇𝑉 = ∇2 𝑉 = −
𝜀0
 In a charge-free region of space

∇2 𝑉 = 0