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Posted: 1 decade ago 8 oct. 2012, 02:23 UTC−4

Hi A few suggestions: Personally I do not trust 100% the translations, I know COMSOL has put a lot of effort to keep it backwards compatible, and this is, for me, handy to understand how to rebuild your model, but there are so many things that are different between the two v3 and v4 versions, not to say variable names etc, that I systematically remake my models in v4. It goes anyhow so quick now to construct a model that the time you do it is well spent to refresh the structure and clean up your model, I spend now 4-8 times more time to document all the useful results from a run than to set it up, solving anyhow is separate as this can go from a few minutes to a few days ;) If you go for steady state oscillations, use rather the harmonic development frequency domain. (i.e. add to your model a frequency domain study in addition to your time series. Then go back to the MF (EMQA in 3.5) node and check then equation, while flipping between Time Dependent and Frequency Domain, you will notice then that the latter has a term more the Att (2nd time derivative of the magnetic vector potential) So for me it is more reliable to use Frequency domain for such a steady state oscillation. Note: this is not the case for a transient effect, then other consideration must be taken. Another reason, if you switch later to MEF you have no "time dependent" study option, only the frequency domain and there you do not even have any omega^2 term. I understand the reason is linked to the ACDC hypothesis versus RF hypothesis related to the model and wave length size, but there might well be other more subtle reasons also. Then you apply force calculations on your aluminium part. But Aluminium has a mur of "1" hence as Air, if you have no difference in mu-r you have no magnetic flux direction change on the boundaries, and then for me (again) you cannot generate any magnetic forces. On the other hand, aluminium is a good conductor, when you move it in a magnetic field you generate Eddy currents in the conducting metal, this again generates a magnetic field that interacts with the static one and gives you Lorentz forces. But to resolve induced currents you need to solve for V and this is only done in MEF physics. Somewhere in the models there are the falling magnet in a copper tube example (if you read French you have the description of the experience here http://www.iai.heig-vd.ch/fr-ch/Enseignement/Supports/Physique%20électricité%20et%20magnétisme%20(PHY2)/Aimant_dans_un_tube.pdf) I believe I published somewhere either on the Forum I think this example probably in 4.1, but here we do not use ALE but the trick of linear sliding boundary -- Good luck Ivar

Posted: 1 decade ago 8 oct. 2012, 11:03 UTC−4

Hi Ivar, Thank you for your suggestions. I could not find the "Magnet falling in copper tube example" that you suggested. If you still have it can you please post it again. I looked all over the forum but couldn't find it. I would highly appreciate it as it will reduce my headache of formulating a solution to this problem. Regards, Pratik

Posted: 1 decade ago 8 oct. 2012, 16:34 UTC−4

Hi I know that COMSOl has one too, you can try also that way via your rep, as I'm on travel, and certianly no longer sure where I have hidden that one among the many models I havemade ;) But certainly, I willdo, if I find it back ... -- Good luck Ivar