A Formulation for a Nonlinear Axisymmetric Magneto-Heat Coupling Problem with an Unknown Nonlocal Boundary Condition

Abstract This paper investigates a nonlinear axisymmetric magneto-heat coupling problem described by the quasi-static Maxwell’s equations and a heat equation. The coupling between them is provided through the temperature-dependent electric conductivity. The behavior of the material is defined by an anhysteretic 𝑯-𝑩 curve. The magnetic flux across a meridian section of the medium gives rise to the magnetic field equation with the unknown nonlocal boundary condition. We present a variational formulation for this coupling problem and prove its solvability in terms of the Rothe method. The nonlinearity is handled by the theory of monotone operators. We also suggest a discrete decoupled scheme to solve this problem by employing the finite element method and show some numerical results in the final section.