[Getdp] magnetodynamics problem help

Christophe Geuzaine geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu
Fri Aug 26 16:01:07 CEST 2005


Wei-Cheng Hsu wrote:
> Hi GetDP team,
> 
> I just finished looking at some of your examples, and GetDP looks like very
> useful FEM tool. Thanks for making it open source! Currently I'm trying to
> solve a 2D problem involving a coil probe moving towards surfaces of
> different conductivities. It's quite similar to the MagnetoDynamics problem
> on the wiki, but with a fixed voltage source. Can I use the formations
> provided or do I have to write my own? 

Yes, you can: you just need to change the constraint.

> Also, I am only interested in the
> value at a certain point (the current in the coil, for various positions of
> the coil), so is there an easy way to extract that value after solving and
> output it to a file?

Sure: either directly in getdp (cf. OnPoint in a PostOperation), or in
any post-processor (e.g. Plugin(Probe) in gmsh).


> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Wei Hsu
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Christophe Geuzaine
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