Skin Depth Layers Setting for 2D

You can apply these settings only to the edges of sheet bodies in Maxwell 2D when the TAU mesher has been selected in the Initial Mesh Settings dialog.

Note: Any changes you make using these settings will invalidate the initial mesh, as well as the current mesh and solutions, if any.
  1. Select the edge of a sheet body, and click Maxwell 2D > Mesh > Assign Mesh Operation > On Selection > Skin Depth Based... to open the Skin Depth Layers Setting dialog:

  2. Type a name for the mesh operation in the Name text box or accept the default name.
  3. Type the skin depth within which to refine the mesh in the Skin Depth text box.

    4. Alternatively, calculate the skin depth based on the object's material permeability and conductivity and the frequency at which the mesh will be refined:

    1. Click Calculate Skin Depth.

      2. The Calculate Skin Depth dialog box appears.

    2. Enter the material's Relative Permeability and Conductivity.
    3. Specify the Frequency at which to refine the mesh.
    4. Click OK.

      5. Maxwell calculates the skin depth and enters its value in the Skin Depth text box.

  4. In the Number of Layers of Elements text box, type the number of layers to add perpendicular to the object's surface.

Maxwell will add an equivalent number of mesh points to each layer. For example, if Maxwell added 10 points to satisfy the Surface Triangle Length, it will add 10 points to each layer.

Note: Caution should be used with this mesh operation, as very thin layers may cause a reduction in mesh quality or unnecessarily cause the generation of a very large mesh. Furthermore, regions refined under this operation and its close neighbors do not participate in solution adaptive refinement. This is another reason to use this seeding operation with caution.

Related Topics 

Defining Mesh Operations

Specifying Initial Mesh Settings

TAU 2D Skin Layer Mesh Generation