Maxwell Solvers Material Properties

The tables below list material properties supported by the Maxwell 2D and 3D solvers. Additional information may be found in the Adding Materials, Assigning Material Property Types, and Materials topics.

**Material Properties for Maxwell 3D Solvers**
Material property	Electrostatic	DC Conduction	AC Conduction	Electric Transient	Magnetostatic	Eddy Current (T-W)	Eddy Current (A-F)	Magnetic Transient (T-W)	Magnetic Transient (A-F)
Permittivity
Linear (Simple)	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
Nonlinear	X	X	X
Isotropic	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
Anisotropic	X	X	X	X		X			X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X			X

Conductivity
Linear (Simple)		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Nonlinear		X	X	X
Isotropic		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Anisotropic		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X			X

Dielectric loss tangent
Linear (Simple)			X			X
Nonlinear
Isotropic			X			X
Anisotropic			X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X			X

Permeability
Linear (Simple)					X	X	X	X	X
Nonlinear					X	X (1)	X	X	X
Isotropic					X	X	X	X	X
Anisotropic					X	X		X	X
Nonlinear anisotropy					X	X		X	X
Vectorial hysteresis								X
Frequency dependent						X

Magnetic loss tangent
Linear (Simple)						X
Nonlinear
Isotropic						X
Anisotropic						X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent						X

Composition
Solid					X	X		X	X
Lamination					X (2)	X (2)		X (2)	X
Litz Wire					X (3)	X (3)		X (3)	X

Magnetostriction					X(4)			X(4)


Notes:
(1) This specific nonlinear model is different from other solvers
(2-3) Lamination and Litz wire have different models in the magnetostatic, eddy current and magnetic transient solvers
(4) Magnetostriction has different models in the magnetostatic and magnetic transient solvers

**Material Properties for Maxwell 2D Solvers**
Material property	Electrostatic	DC Conduction	AC Conduction	Magnetostatic	Eddy Current	Magnetic Transient
Permittivity
Linear (Simple)	X		X		X
Nonlinear
Isotropic	X		X		X
Anisotropic	X		X		X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X		X

Conductivity
Linear (Simple)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Nonlinear
Isotropic	X	X	X		X	X
Anisotropic		X	X		X	X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X		X

Dieletric loss tangent
Linear (Simple)			X		X
Nonlinear
Isotropic			X		X
Anisotropic					X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent			X		X

Permeability
Linear (Simple)				X	X	X
Nonlinear				X	X (1)	X
Isotropic				X	X	X
Anisotropic				X	X	X (5)
Nonlinear anisotropy				X		X(5)
Vectorial hysteresis						X
Frequency dependent					X

Magnetic loss tangent
Linear (Simple)					X
Nonlinear
Isotropic					X
Anisotropic					X
Nonlinear anisotropy
Frequency dependent					X

Composition
Solid				X	X	X
Lamination				X	X (2)	X (2)
Litz Wire					X (3)	X (3)

Magnetostriction				X(4)		X(4)


Notes:
(1) This specific nonlinear model is different from other solvers
(2-3)Lamination and Litz wire have different models in the magnetostatic, eddy current and magnetic transient solvers
(4) Magnetostriction has different models in the magnetostatic and magnetic transient solvers
(5) Supported only in 2D transient designs with Cartesian XY symmetry