The Ampère’s Law node adds Ampère’s law for the magnetic field and provides an interface for defining the constitutive relation and its associated properties as well as electric properties.

The Material type setting decides how materials behave and how material properties are interpreted when the mesh is deformed. Select Solid for materials whose properties change as functions of material strain, material orientation, and other variables evaluated in a material reference configuration (material frame). Select Non-solid for materials whose properties are defined only as functions of the current local state at each point in the spatial frame, and for which no unique material reference configuration can be defined. Select From material to pick up the corresponding setting from the domain material on each domain.

This section is described for the Current Conservation feature.

The default Relative permittivity εr (dimensionless) for the media is used From material and defined on the shell domain. For User defined, select Isotropic, Diagonal, Symmetric, or Anisotropic based on the characteristics of the permittivity and then enter values or expressions in the field or matrix.

Specify the constitutive relation that describes the macroscopic properties of the medium (relating the magnetic flux density B and the magnetic field H) and the applicable material properties, such as the relative permeability.

The equation for the selected constitutive relation displays under the list. For all options, the default uses values From material, or select User defined to enter a different value or expression.

Select a Constitutive relation — Relative permeability (the default), H-B curve, Magnetic losses, Remanent flux density, Magnetization, or Effective H-B curve.

Select Relative permeability μr (dimensionless) to use the constitutive relation B = μ0μrH. For User defined select Isotropic, Diagonal, Symmetric, or Anisotropic and enter values or expressions in the field or matrix.

Select H-B curve |H| (SI unit: A/m) to use a curve that relates magnetic flux density B and the magnetic field H as |H| = f(|B|).

The Magnetic field norm setting can take the values From material, External, or User defined.

When External is selected, specify the External material to use (from the Materials node under Global Definitions). This setting allows using material models or constitutive relations defined in an external library. See Working with External Materials for more information.

When User defined is selected, specify a user-defined expression for the magnetic field norm. The direction of the magnetic field is taken to be the same as the direction of the magnetic flux density at each point.

Select Magnetic losses μ′ and μ″ (dimensionless) to describe the relative permeability as a complex-valued quantity: μr = μ′ + iμ″, where μ′ and μ″ are the real and imaginary parts, respectively.

Select Remanent flux density Br (SI unit: T) to use the constitutive relation B = μ0 μr H + Br, where Br is the remanent flux density (the flux density when no magnetic field is present).

Select Magnetization M (SI unit: A/m) to use the constitutive relation B = μ0H + μ0M. Enter x and y components.

Select Effective B-H curve |H|eff (SI unit: A/m) to use an effective curve that provides the local linearized relation between the magnetic flux density B and the magnetic field H in time-harmonic problems.