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.
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Electrostatic | Degrees of Freedom |
Application |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
|
CONTA172 -- 2D surface-to-surface contact |
AZ, VOLT |
Electric and magnetic contact |
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CONTA174 -- 3D surface-to-surface contact |
MAG, VOLT | |
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CONTA175 -- 2D / 3D node-to-surface contact |
AZ, MAG,VOLT |