8.1 Prescribing loads and boundary conditions in an electromagnetic analysis in Abaqus/CAE

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/CAE  

Benefits: New electromagnetic loads and boundary conditions are available in Abaqus/CAE, which increases the coverage of Abaqus product functionality.

Description: In Abaqus/CAE you can now define loads and boundary conditions for electromagnetic analyses (see Time-harmonic electromagnetic analysis in Abaqus/CAE, Section 4.3). Time-harmonic eddy current problems are usually driven by prescribed body or surface current densities in certain regions of the model and require that you prescribe boundary conditions on surfaces. Both uniform and nonuniform loads and boundary conditions can be prescribed.

Abaqus/CAE Usage: 
Load module:
    Create Load; Category: Electrical/Magnetic, Types: Surface current density 
    or Body current density
    Create Boundary Condition; Category: Electrical/Magnetic, Types: Magnetic vector potential
References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Abaqus/CAE User's Manual