Researching with the AC/DC Module
Slice and boundary color plot of the electric potential from a simulation of a planar transformer. Geometry imported from an ODB++(X) file using the ECAD Import feature.
The ability to arbitrarily couple electrostatic, magnetostatic, and quasi-static applications with any number of nonlinear PDEs, to create advanced material models, makes the AC/DC Module a unique tool for sophisticated research modeling:
- Unlimited multiphysics couplings: Couple any other application or PDE system to your AC/DC and statics applications, such as for inductive heating, rotating machinery, plasma modeling, MHD, semiconductor fabrication, and loudspeakers and microphones
- Flexible material definitions: Equation-based modeling as well as the Module’s abilities to handle functions allows for arbitrary material property definition
- Interface to circuits: Tools for the import of SPICE files enables the optimization of circuit models using complete finite element models of components
- Advanced postprocessing: EM force and torque computations, extraction of lumped parameter matrices (capacitance, impedance, admittance, resistance)