Flux creep simulations: Thin strip with increasing transport current

Evolution of electric field distribution

Approach 1  Approach 2
E / Ec video of E-distrbution
coordinate across the strip
  video of E-distrbution
coordinate across the strip

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The electric field always has peaks at the strip edges, where the most intensive motion of flux lines occurs. The difference between distributions given by simulations in two approaches is most significant at small currents: approach 1 predicts a concave, while approach 2 - a convex E(x).