Finite Element Analysis Toolbox
ex_magnetostatics3.m File Reference

Description

EX_MAGNETOSTATICS3 3D Cylindrical magnet example.

[ FEA, OUT ] = EX_MAGNETOSTATICS3( VARARGIN ) 3D Magnetostatic test example for a cylindrical magnet with no electrical currents.

Accepts the following property/value pairs.

Input       Value/{Default}        Description
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sfun        string {sflag2}        Shape function for pressure
iplot       scalar 0/{1}           Plot solution (=1)
                                                                                  .
Output      Value/(Size)           Description
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fea         struct                 Problem definition struct
out         struct                 Output struct

Code listing

 cOptDef = { 'sfun',     'sflag2';
             'iplot',    1;
             'tol',      1e-1;
             'fid',      1 };
 [got,opt] = parseopt(cOptDef,varargin{:});
 fid       = opt.fid;


% Geometry and grid generation.
 fea.sdim = { 'x' 'y' 'z' };
 fea.geom.objects = { gobj_cylinder([0 0 -0.03],0.03,0.06,3,'C1') ...
                      gobj_cylinder([0 0 -0.01],0.005,0.02,3,'C2') };

 nref = 1;
 g1 = cylgrid(nref*3,nref*2,nref*12,0.005,0.06,[0 0 -0.03]',3);
 g2 = gridextrude( ringgrid(nref*4,nref*12,0.005,0.03,[0;0],pi/4), nref*12, 0.06 );
 g2.p(3,:) = g2.p(3,:) - 0.03;
 fea.grid  = gridmerge( g1, 1:4, g2, 1:4 );
 fea.grid.s(:) = 1;
 fea.grid.s( selcells( fea, '(z>=(-0.01-sqrt(eps))).*(z<=(0.01+sqrt(eps))).*(sqrt(x^2+y^2)<=(0.005+sqrt(eps)))' ) ) = 2;


% Problem definition.
 fea = addphys( fea, @magnetostatics );
 fea.phys.ms.eqn.coef{4,end} = { 0 1 };
 fea.phys.ms.sfun            = { opt.sfun };


% Parse and solve problem.
 fea       = parsephys( fea );
 fea       = parseprob( fea );
 fea.sol.u = solvestat( fea, 'fid', opt.fid );   % Call to stationary solver.


% Postprocessing.
 if( opt.iplot>0 )
   figure
   postplot( fea, 'sliceexpr', fea.dvar{1}, 'arrowexpr', fea.phys.ms.eqn.vars{11,2} )
   title( 'Magnetic potential (slice), flux density (arrow)' )
 end


% Error checking.
 [Vmmin Vmmax]  = minmaxsubd( fea.dvar{1}, fea );
 Mf1 = intsubd( fea.phys.ms.eqn.vars{2,2}, fea, 1 );
 Mf2 = intsubd( fea.phys.ms.eqn.vars{2,2}, fea, 2 );
 out.err = [ abs(Vmmin+0.002158)/0.002158 ;
             abs(Vmmax-0.002158)/0.002158 ;
             abs(Mf1-2.693024e-6)/2.693024e-6 ;
             abs(Mf2-3.084971e-7)/3.084971e-7 ];
 out.pass = all( out.err < opt.tol );


 if ( nargout==0 )
   clear fea out
 end