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Current in a coil, time domain, error
Posted 2012年4月19日 GMT-4 08:41 Low-Frequency Electromagnetics Version 4.2 3 Replies
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I'm simulating a simple model according to the tutorial of induction currents from circular coils. I want to use square wave signal as the current in the coils and do the triansient analysis.
the signal is defined as,
Globe definition->waveform1
and in the single-turn coil domain, I changed the coil potential to "wv1"
in the Time domain study, there is alwayse an error indicating
Failed to evaluate variable Jacobian.
- Variable: wv1
- Geometry: 1
- Domain: 3 4
what's the problem here? The file is attached.
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I'm not behind my COMSOL WS but I suspect, from reading you that yuo have "dirac" type spikes at the "square" transition of your current. If so, at these points COMSOL canot define any derivative for the Jacobian estimation, used for the solver process. Have you tried the "rect1()" operator with smooth transitions, start with long transition imes then reduce them, and perhaps you need to adapt the time stepping intervall too.
But it might be someting else too
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Good luck
Ivar
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thanks! I have to smooth it, then for a one-step time dependant analysis, it works.
However, it comes to another question. I have seen in one of the tutorials, "magnetic brake", stationary analysis is used before time dependant. And also in "Induction Currents from Circular Coils", a frequcency with time dependant. Besides, I have a file from someone with both stationary and time dependant analysises as step1 and step2 respectively.
So my question is can I just use time dependant analysis?
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As often, "it all depends". Often its good practive to run a stationary solver first to set all unknown/initial condition values to a knwn sate, and tehn start a smooth gentle time series solving sequence. If not you might have a cick start with quite some transient ringing, that even might avoid the solver to converge.
So if you know how you want to start your time series, a stationary case can often be beneficil to start from a known state
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Good luck
Ivar