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Hello sir,
I am working on the design of " comb capacitive accelerometer".

How do I give a sinusoidal actuation, before evaluating the simulation?

Thank you

1 Reply Last Post 2012年2月27日 GMT-5 10:32
Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)

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Posted: 1 decade ago 2012年2月27日 GMT-5 10:32
Hi

check your doc and the FORUM (try a search), normally for time dependent solvers you define a load or driving voltage as V0*sin(2*pi*f*t) where f is the frequency and t the time in seconds, and V0 the amplitude. But you can also solve in frequency sweep / harmonic mode.,Then it's a AC steady state response, in which case you define V0 the amplitude and set the excitation frequency in the Solver frequency entry (possibly you add a phase with a phasor expression see the doc)

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Good luck
Ivar
Hi check your doc and the FORUM (try a search), normally for time dependent solvers you define a load or driving voltage as V0*sin(2*pi*f*t) where f is the frequency and t the time in seconds, and V0 the amplitude. But you can also solve in frequency sweep / harmonic mode.,Then it's a AC steady state response, in which case you define V0 the amplitude and set the excitation frequency in the Solver frequency entry (possibly you add a phase with a phasor expression see the doc) -- Good luck Ivar

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