The Port boundary condition exists only for 3D models.
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See the tutorial Mechanical Multiport System: Elastic Wave Propagation in a Small Aluminum Plate. Application Library path: Structural_Mechanics_Module/Elastic_Waves/mechanical_multiport_system
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Only one port should be excited at a time if the purpose is to compute S-parameters. The S-parameters are defined as solid.Smatrix11, solid.Smatrix21, and so on, and can be used in postprocessing.
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In the case of a Numeric port, a boundary mode problem is solved on the port face to compute the desired propagating mode. This option requires the use of a Boundary Mode Analysis step in the study. It should be placed before the Frequency Domain step. In the study, add one Boundary Mode Analysis step for each Numeric port and make sure to reference the proper Port name in the study step. When using the Numeric port, it is not possible to perform a frequency sweep in the Frequency Domain study step. Only one frequency can be used and it should correspond to the Mode analysis frequency entered in the Boundary Mode Analysis step(s). One option is to add a Parametric Sweep and define a parameter for the frequency used in both the steps. In this case, care should be taken when setting up the search criteria in the mode analysis.
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For User defined, enter user defined expressions for the Mode shape un and the Mode wave number kn. The mode shape will automatically be scaled to unit power before it is used in the port condition. Use the user defined option to enter a known analytical expression.
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When the Numeric port option is used and the boundary mode analysis is run, the boundary conditions from the Solid Mechanics model are automatically inherited in the boundary problem. For this automatic procedure, there is only support for the Free, Fixed, Roller, Symmetry, Antisymmetry, and Spring Foundation conditions.
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For Displacement amplitude enter the amplitude Ain of the incident wave. This is in general defined as the maximum amplitude for a given mode shape.
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For Power enter the power Pin of the incident wave. This is in general defined as the RMS power of the incident wave.
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For both options enter the phase ϕ of the incident wave. This phase contribution is multiplied with the amplitude defined by the above options. The Displacement amplitude input can be a complex number.
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When postprocessing, remember that absolute values like, for example, the outgoing power at port 1, solid.port1.P_out, needs to be multiplied with an appropriate factor. Multiply with 2 if one symmetry plane is used, and so on.
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Use the Global Matrix Evaluation under Derived Values to evaluate the full scattering matrix solid.Smatrix.
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