Setting Eddy Effects and Displacement Current in 2D

(2D Eddy Current and/or Transient Solvers)

For both eddy current and transient solvers in 2D, you may need to specify the following additional settings:

The behavior of eddy currents and the AC magnetic field in conductors. When you activate the Eddy Effect setting, the solver computes the induced eddy currents.
For 2D Transient, source settings override the eddy effect settings. Objects assigned as “solid” sources will have eddy effects turned on, while objects assigned as “stranded” sources will have eddy effects turned off (regardless of the eddy effect settings). The eddy effect settings will be respected for non-sources.

Typically, background objects are excluded from eddy current settings.

To set eddy effects:

Select the section of the geometry on which you want to apply the excitation.
Click Maxwell 2D > Excitations > Set Eddy Effects.
The Set Eddy Effect dialog box appears showing only objects which are valid for eddy effect calculation, specifically objects with conductivity greater than 1.
For each object in the list, select or clear the check boxes for Eddy Effect. When selecting multiple entries, the changes are synchronized for all selected rows.

Note: Multi-select is supported by holding the Ctrl or Shift key while clicking.

Click the Select By Name button to enter the name of a specific object for selection. Multiple objects may be selected using the * and ? wildcards.
Optionally, click the Use suggested values button to set the Eddy Effects for all elements recommended by Maxwell 2D.
Click OK.

The Deselect All button will deselect all selected objects in the list.