The Magnetic–Elastic Interaction in Rotating Machinery (
) interface combines Solid Mechanics and Rotating Machinery, Magnetic interfaces together with moving mesh features. The interface can be used for modeling deformation of rotating magnetic machinery structures such as electric motors and generators. Using this interface, you can, for example, compute how stresses are distributed in both stator and rotor of an electric motor.
The Magnetic–Elastic Interaction in Rotating Machinery interface is available for 3D, and planar 2D geometries. It is found under the
Rotating Machinery, Magnetic–Structure Interaction (
) branch under
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
Rotating Machinery, Magnetic interface are added to the
Model Builder.
In addition, a Magnetic Forces, Rotating Machinery multiphysics coupling node is added under
Multiphysics Couplings.
The participating Rotating Machinery, Magnetic interface by default adds an
Ampère’s Law 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
Ampère’s Law nodes can be added manually to the interface and configured to represent either solid or nonsolid (for example, air or free space) materials.
The Solid Mechanics interface by default adds a
Rotating Frame node to model the effect of rotation. To add the rotation to the definition of the spatial frame, the
Define spatial frame rotation check box is selected by default.
When a Magnetic–Elastic Interaction in Rotating Machinery multiphysics interface is added using the
Model Wizard, a
Deforming Domain node and a
Rotating Boundary 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 domains 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 introduce unnecessary overhead and nonlinearity in the model (see
Deformed Mesh Fundamentals). Domains selected in the Solid Mechanics are not applicable.
Under the Deforming Domain you can also choose the
Mesh smoothing type, which is by default set to
Hyperelastic. More information about 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 Rotating Boundary 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.
The Magnetic Forces, Rotating Machinery multiphysics coupling is used to couple the interfaces.