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Electrostatic Force

Couples an electrostatic field to linear structural mechanics through Maxwell surface traction and a deforming electrostatic mesh.

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FieldValueDescription
allowedPhysics[]
certificationBackward-compatible stationary continuation and monolithic transient Maxwell traction with an algebraic harmonic ALE block, exact cross Jacobians, charge-motion feedback, mesh-quality checks, and pull-in failure detection.
displayNameElectrostatic Force
entityDimensions["boundary"]
kindElectrostatic Force
physicsAritynull
publishedFields[{"components":3,"displayName":"Maxwell traction","expression":"T_M n","name":"mems.maxwellTraction","plottable":true,"rank":"vector","studies":["stationary","transient"],"unit":"Pa"},{"components":1,"displayName":"Maxwell pressure","expression":"norm(T_M n)","name":"mems.maxwellPressure","plottable":true,"rank":"scalar","studies":["stationary","transient"],"unit":"Pa"},{"components":3,"displayName":"Mesh displacement","expression":"x_deformed-x_reference","name":"mems.meshDisplacement","plottable":true,"rank":"vector","studies":["stationary","transient"],"unit":"m"}]
requiredPhysics["Structural Mechanics","Electrostatics"]
runtimeelectrostatic-structural-maxwell
supportedStudies["stationary","transient"]

Couples an electrostatic field to linear structural mechanics through Maxwell surface traction and a deforming electrostatic mesh.

Contract

PropertyValue
allowedPhysics[]
certificationBackward-compatible stationary continuation and monolithic transient Maxwell traction with an algebraic harmonic ALE block, exact cross Jacobians, charge-motion feedback, mesh-quality checks, and pull-in failure detection.
displayNameElectrostatic Force
entityDimensions["boundary"]
kindElectrostatic Force
physicsAritynull
publishedFields[{"components":3,"displayName":"Maxwell traction","expression":"T_M n","name":"mems.maxwellTraction","plottable":true,"rank":"vector","studies":["stationary","transient"],"unit":"Pa"},{"components":1,"displayName":"Maxwell pressure","expression":"norm(T_M n)","name":"mems.maxwellPressure","plottable":true,"rank":"scalar","studies":["stationary","transient"],"unit":"Pa"},{"components":3,"displayName":"Mesh displacement","expression":"x_deformed-x_reference","name":"mems.meshDisplacement","plot...
requiredPhysics["Structural Mechanics","Electrostatics"]
runtimeelectrostatic-structural-maxwell
supportedStudies["stationary","transient"]