Maxwell to Ansys Stress Feedback Coupling
Maxwell supports stress feedback coupling for 2D/3D transient, magnetostatic, eddy current, and electrostatic designs via the Ansys Workbench schematic.
Maxwell-Specific Considerations
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Users must select object/s (i.e., geometry) in Maxwell upon which displacement data from Ansys Mechanical should be considered. This is done to avoid applying displacement to the whole model while only certain part(s) are sensitive to stress. This is a per-design setting similar to the Set Object Temperature setting for thermal feedback.
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Each frequency point in an eddy current sweep will be solved with the same feedback data.
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Displacement data that has already been exported from Ansys Mechanical Stress is invalidated when the Maxwell design is edited such that the previously simulated solution is considered as invalid or non-current. These edits include
- Modifying the geometries or selecting “Revert To Initial Mesh.”
- Modifying the boundary/excitation settings, such as changing the value of a “Current excitation” in a magnetostatic design.
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Maxwell solutions can incorporate feedback from both thermal and stress.
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Once the Maxwell solution has been integrated with displacement/temperature, the adaptive simulation process of a static simulation is disabled. Users must then manually invalidate the displacement/temperature data in the existing solution before the adaptive simulation process is re-enabled.
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Simulation iteration is controlled by user.
Related Topics
Coupling Maxwell Designs with Ansys Structural via Workbench
Setting the Deformation of Objects