Special Session 83: New Aspects of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis in Materials Science

Quasi-variational inequality approach to modeling superconductivity
Maria Gokieli
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Poland
Co-Author(s):    Nobuyuki Kenmochi, Marek Niezg\`{o}dka
Abstract:
The Maxwell equation $u_t +\nabla \times (\rho\; \text{curl}\, u) = f$ is well known as a fundamental equation, where $u$ is a magnetic field, $\rho$ is a nonnegative function of resistivity and $f$ is a given vector field. In this context, $ \text{curl}\, u$ stands for the current density, In some situations, it cannot exceed some critical valuue, which may depend on the temperature or the magnetic field $u$. THis leads to a quasi-variational inequalty form of the Maxwell equation, which should also allow us to treat the superconductivity case, when the resistivity $\rho$ drops near zero at some critical temperature.