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The meaning of electric fiel norm: normE_rfwv ?
Posted 2011年9月7日 GMT-4 12:34 RF & Microwave Engineering 7 Replies
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I tried to test it, it seems that normE_rfwv=sqrt(Ex^2+Ey^2).
Thank you very much for clarifying my confusion!
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normE_rfwv (electric field norm) is not the norm that I was thinking about, i.e. it is NOT sqrt(Ex^2+Ey^2+Ez^2), it is NOT sqrt(Ex^2+Ey^2) either.
It is the AMPLITUDE of the TRANSVERSE electric field, or Maximum(sqrt(Ex^2+Ey^2), it does not change with phase. Ez is out of phase with Ex/Ey, so it is not included
Please let me know if I am wrong.
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I have an identical problem: I'd like to have a plot of the electric far field norm for a piramidal horn, but according to some test I've made (and to your results), it seems to me that quantity "norm_VARIABLENAME" doesn't work exactly for Euclidean norm (that is what I'm looking for).
I have version 3.5.
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in both 3.5 and v4 one can access the internal COMSOl variables (most of them) see the equation sub tab in 3.5 and add the "Equation" sub-node via the parametres in V4.
This is the best place to check our understanding of the variables.
In harmonic solver cases most values are amplitudes, RMS from my knowledge not pk-pk
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Good luck
Ivar
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My insecurity about the exact expression rised up comparing simple values of single x,y or z component of electric far field vector, with norm value: I mean that if, for a certain point on the boundary where far field variable is defined, x component measures +8 V/m, y component measures +0.05 V/m and z component measures -3 V/m, the norm couldn't be 33 V/m!
Thanks in advance for your attention,
Luca
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well its not obvious to give a definitive answer, it also depends how you set your post treatment, many of the plots uses higher order interpolation so this can give collateral effects if i.e. the mesh is not fine enough, you are on an edge of a domain etc
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Ivar
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If it can help you to solve my problem, my model volume consists in two nested spheres with an horn in the centre; I'd like to plot FF on inner sphere edges (in postprocessing mode I use "Domain Plot Parameters-->Line/Extrusion plot"), sphere which meshing tetrahedrons maximum element size is smaller than half-wavelenght.
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