8.7 Electromagnetic elements

Product: Abaqus/Standard  

Benefits: New electromagnetic elements are available in Abaqus/Standard for the analysis of time-harmonic eddy current problems.

Description: These elements solve for the electric and the magnetic fields simultaneously and are based on an element edge-based interpolation of the magnetic vector potential. The user-defined nodes only define the geometry of the elements; the degrees of freedom of the element are not associated with these nodes.

Electromagnetic elements must be used to model the response of all the regions in an eddy current analysis, which typically includes a coil, a workpiece, and the space in between and surrounding them.

References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual