The Magnetomechanics (
) interface, found under
Electromagnetics–Structure Interaction (
) branch within the
Structural Mechanics branch (
) or the
Electromagnetics and Mechanics (
) branch within the
AC/DC branch (
) when adding a physics interface, combines
Solid Mechanics and
Magnetic Fields interfaces together with a moving mesh functionality. The interface can be used for modeling deformation of magnetically actuated structures, which includes interaction of magnetic fields with magnetic materials and current carrying elements such as coils and wires.
The Magnetomechanics interface is available for 3D, planar 2D, and axisymmetric 2D geometries.When this multiphysics interface is added using the
Model Wizard, a
Solid Mechanics interface and a
Magnetic Fields 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 interfaces is accessible under the respective interface at the domain, boundary, edge, or point level in the geometry. The participating Magnetic Fields interface by default adds the
Ampère’s Law in Solids node. This node serves to represent solid magnetic material domains. Any number of
Ampère’s Law nodes can also be added manually to the interface to represent either solid or fluid materials.