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Re: [femm] Determining inductance per meter with 2D analyses
That explains it! I did indeed have unbounded boundary conditions.
- Robert -
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From: David Meeker
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Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [femm] Determining inductance per meter with 2D analyses
gopherlid wrote:
> Anybody have an idea how to calculate inductance per length?
>
> I tried using the formula 1/2 L I^2 = Energy
>
> but the Energy value changed too much based upon number of nodes.
> We're talking 100% It's as though, more nodes, more energy with no
> asymptotic limit in sight!
>
> It's a very simple structure, a wire with a slab of metal around it,
> so the results should be straight forward. However, the "magnetic
> field energy" seems to relate to the number of nodes *and* the number
> of nodes in the metal, which makes no sense, since there is less than
> 0.01% energy in the metal. But changing the nodes in the metal
> actually made the inductance change by a factor of 2:1
>
> Any ideas? Plus ideas on how to know when enough is enough?
>
> - Robert -
It sounds like problem that you are trying to solve is ill-posed. The
inductance of a single wire in an unbounded 2-D space is infinite. The
result that you get when you try to analyze this problem then strongly
depends on how you truncate the solution domain. To get a configuration
with a bounded inductance, all of the current in your domain must add up
to zero, or you must model a domain where the existence of the return
wire is implied your the choice of boundary conditions.
There are some examples that could be relevant to you at:
http://femm.berlios.de/induct1/induct1.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/femm/message/347
Dave.
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David Meeker <http://femm.berlios.de/dmeeker>