MICROWAVE
Heating a Material Inside a Microwave

microwave, a FreeFem++ code which is a fairly elaborate procedure for solving the complex Helmholtz equation governing the propagation of microwave radiation, followed by the determination of the material heating caused by the intensity of the radiation.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Reference:

• Frederic Hecht,
  New development in FreeFem++,
  Journal of Numerical Mathematics,
  Volume 20, Number 3-4, 2012, pages 251-265.

Source Code:

• microwave.edp, the FreeFem++ script;
• microwave.sh, a BASH script to run the example;
• microwave.txt, the output file;

• microwave_mesh.png, a PNG image of the mesh;
• microwave_i.png, a PNG image of the imaginary portion of the microwave signal.
• microwave_r.png, a PNG image of the real portion of the microwave signal.
• microwave_t.png, a PNG image of the induced temperature field.