Variational integrators for electric circuits

Authors:
Sina Ober-BlöBaum;Molei Tao;Mulin Cheng;Houman Owhadi;Jerrold E. Marsden
Affiliations:
Computational Dynamics and Optimal Control, University of Paderborn, Germany;Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA;Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA;Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, USA and Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA;Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, USA and Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
Venue:
Journal of Computational Physics
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this contribution, we develop a variational integrator for the simulation of (stochastic and multiscale) electric circuits. When considering the dynamics of an electric circuit, one is faced with three special situations: 1. The system involves external (control) forcing through external (controlled) voltage sources and resistors. 2. The system is constrained via the Kirchhoff current (KCL) and voltage laws (KVL). 3. The Lagrangian is degenerate. Based on a geometric setting, an appropriate variational formulation is presented to model the circuit from which the equations of motion are derived. A time-discrete variational formulation provides an iteration scheme for the simulation of the electric circuit. Dependent on the discretization, the intrinsic degeneracy of the system can be canceled for the discrete variational scheme. In this way, a variational integrator is constructed that gains several advantages compared to standard integration tools for circuits; in particular, a comparison to BDF methods (which are usually the method of choice for the simulation of electric circuits) shows that even for simple LCR circuits, a better energy behavior and frequency spectrum preservation can be observed using the developed variational integrator.