Elements available for modeling electromagnetic phenomena are classified as follows:
Continuum:
| Electrostatic |
| Electric |
| Magnetic |
| Electromagnetic |
| Infinite |
Source
Circuit
Contact
Use the following table to select an appropriate element for your application. For more details about the elements used for electromagnetic analyses, see the Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Analysis Guide.
|
Electrostatic | Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
PLANE121 -- Higher-order quadrilateral |
VOLT |
Charge-based static and time-harmonic quasistatic electric field analyses |
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SOLID122 -- High-order hexahedral | ||
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SOLID123 -- High-order tetrahedral | ||
|
Electric |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
PLANE230 -- Higher-order quadrilateral |
VOLT |
Current-based static, time-transient and time-harmonic quasistatic electric field analyses |
|
SOLID231 -- High-order hexahedral | ||
|
SOLID232 -- High-order tetrahedral | ||
|
Magnetic |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
SOLID96 -- Low-order hexahedral |
MAG |
Magnetostatic analysis |
|
Electromagnetic |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
PLANE233 -- Higher-order quadrilateral |
AZ, VOLT, EMF |
Static, transient or harmonic electromagnetic and stranded coil analyses |
|
SOLID236 -- Edge-based mixed-order hexahedral | ||
|
SOLID237 -- Edge-based mixed-order tetrahedral | ||
|
Infinite |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
AZ, VOLT |
Open boundary for an unbounded electric or magnetic field problem | |
|
MAG, AZ, VOLT | ||
|
Source |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
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Current source primitive (coil, bar, arc) for magnetostatic analysis | |
|
Circuit |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
VOLT, CURR |
Resistor, capacitor, inductor, current source, voltage source for a piezoelectric-circuit and charge-based transient and harmonic analyses | |
|
VOLT, CURR |
Resistor, capacitor, inductor, current source, voltage source, mutual inductor, controlled sources for a current-based static, transient and harmonic analyses | |
|
VOLT |
Diode for electric circuit analysis | |
|
Contact |
Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
|
CONTA171 -- 2-D lower-order surface-to-surface contact |
AZ, VOLT |
Electric and magnetic contact |
|
CONTA172 -- 2-D higher-order surface-to-surface contact | ||
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CONTA173 -- 3-D lower-order surface-to-surface contact |
MAG, VOLT | |
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CONTA174 -- 3-D higher-order surface-to-surface contact | ||
|
CONTA175 -- 2-D / 3-D node-to-surface contact |
AZ, MAG,VOLT |