Perfect Electric Conductor
The Perfect Electric Conductor boundary condition
is a special case of the electric field boundary condition that sets the tangential component of the electric field to zero. It is used for modeling of a lossless metallic surface (for example, a ground plane) or as a symmetry type boundary condition. It imposes symmetry for magnetic fields and “magnetic currents” and antisymmetry for electric fields and electric currents. It supports induced electric surface currents and thus any prescribed or induced electric currents (volume, surface, or edge currents) flowing into a perfect electric conductor boundary is automatically balanced by induced surface currents.
Figure 3-3: The perfect electric conductor boundary condition is used on exterior and interior boundaries representing the surface of a lossless metallic conductor or (on exterior boundaries) representing a symmetry cut. The shaded (metallic) region is not part of the model but still carries effective mirror images of the sources. Note also that any current flowing into the boundary is perfectly balanced by induced surface currents. The tangential electric field vanishes at the boundary.
For a better option to work with symmetries, use Symmetry Plane.
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