The Magnetomechanics, No Currents (
) interface combines
Solid Mechanics and
Magnetic Fields, No Currents interfaces with a moving mesh functionality to model the deformation of magnetostatically actuated structures. The interface is suitable in cases when induction and conduction effects such as eddy currents are negligible within the structure.
The Magnetomechanics, No Currents interface is available for 3D, planar 2D, and axisymmetric 2D geometries. The interface is found under the
Electromagnetics–Structure Interaction (
) branch within the
Structural Mechanics (
) branch. When this multiphysics interface is added using the
Model Wizard, a
Solid Mechanics interface and a
Magnetic Fields, No Currents interface are added to the
Model Builder.
In addition, the Multiphysics Couplings node is added, which automatically includes the multiphysics coupling feature
Magnetomechanics.
The full functionality of the Solid Mechanics and
Magnetic Fields, No Currents interfaces is accessible under the respective interfaces at the domain, boundary, edge, or point level in the geometry. The participating
Magnetic Fields, No Currents interface by default adds the
Magnetic Flux Conservation node with its selection set to all domains, and the
Material type set to
Solid. This node serves to represent solid magnetic material domains. Any number of
Magnetic Flux Conservation nodes can also be added manually to the interface and configured to represent either solid or nonsolid (for example, air or free space) materials.
When a Magnetomechanics, No Currents multiphysics interface is added using the
Model Wizard, a
Deforming Domain node and a
Symmetry node are added automatically in
Model Builder under the
Definitions node. These nodes serve to represent domains and boundaries, where the mesh can deform. By default, both nodes have empty selections. Under the
Deforming Domain, you can select domain that represent nonsolid magnetic materials such as air, fluid, and free space. However, this is only needed if the boundaries of such domains experience significant changes due to the deformation or rotation of the adjacent solid domains. Otherwise, the moving mesh computations could just introduce unnecessary overhead and nonlinearity in the model (see
Deformed Mesh Fundamentals). Domains selected in the Solid Mechanics interface are not applicable.
Under the Deforming Domain, you can also choose the
Mesh smoothing type which is by default set to
Hyperelastic. More information of the smoothing type can be found in the
Deforming Domain chapter in the
COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual.
By default, the mesh is fixed at all external boundaries of the geometry. Use the Symmetry node to select the external boundaries, where the mesh can slide along the boundary. You can also add other types of boundary conditions for the mesh motion, for details see
Moving Mesh Features in the
COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual.