Multiphysics

ANSYS Maxwell is available as a product within ANSYS Workbench, the framework upon which the industry's broadest and deepest suite of advanced engineering simulation technology is built. An innovative project schematic view ties together the entire simulation process, guiding the user through complex multiphysics analyses with drag-and-drop simplicity. Workbench provides the ability to share geometry, geometry parameters and material properties between the ANSYS product portfolio and Maxwell to solve electromagnetic-thermal-deformation problems.

  • Multiphysics coupling
    • Electromagneticstructural with deformed mesh feedback
    • ElectromagneticCFD
    • ElectromagneticmechanicalCFD
ANSYS Maxwell can be linked through ANSYS Workbench to ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS Mechanical to perform electromagnetic-fluid-structural analysis.

 

Power loss (generated by eddy currents) in bus bar configuration solved by ANSYS Maxwell is the input to CFD simulation.

 

Temperature distribution simulated by ANSYS Fluent

 

Deformation of  a bus bar is calculated by ANSYS Mechanical by transferring thermal loads to the structural solver.