Development of a Simulation Tool for Electromagnetism Education

Auwarter, Bianca; Brandão, Diego; Ferreira, Ângela P.

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Auwarter, Bianca

Brandão, Diego

Ferreira, Ângela P.

Abstract(s)

The widespread adoption in the educational system of information and communications technologies allows the use of interactive simulations, able to support a meaningful insight into the fundamental laws and concepts of electromagnetic theory, which, in a classical approach, would require a vector calculus background and three-dimensional geometrical resourcefulness, typically not maturated by the students in undergraduate engineering programmes. The use of simulation tools based on finite element analysis can facilitate the learning process by allowing users to create and/or exploit visual and more accurate models. ONELAB (Open Numerical Engineering LABoratory) is a simulation platform that integrates severalmodelling tools, including Gmsh, a three-dimensionalmesh modelling software. This simulation tool is able to provide interaction, accuracy, and visual interpretations of classical problems using the fundamental laws of electromagnetism. The application with the basic laws of electromagnetism has been developed to run on mobile devices, besides desktops, to improve its ease of access and dissemination.

Keywords

Electromagnetism Finite element method Didactic simulation

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/34325

Citation

Auwarter, Bianca; Brandão, Diego; Ferreira, Ângela P. (2024). Development of a Simulation Tool for Electromagnetism Education. In 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2023). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 153-164. ISBN 978-303153021-0.