Re: [femm] Can femm model this?

[David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxxxxxx>]

wigstonmagna wrote:
>   Hi,
>
> I'm a neophyte femm user, and am thankful to David for creating 
> this fine package!
>
> I want to simulate a coil placed between two flat parallel metal 
> plates, with the coil's long axis parallel to the plates. I want to 
> electrically connect the inductance in parallel with the capacitor 
> (the plates) and drive the assembly at AC.
>
> Can this be both constructed and simulated in axisymmetric mode?
>
> -Andrew
Problems that FEMM can simulate have to be either axially symmetric
(e.g. a solenoid, speaker driver, etc.) or approximated as planar (e.g.
many types of motors).  Although your coil may be axisymmetric, the
entire arrangement isn't axisymmetric--you can't model it directly with
FEMM.

-- 
David Meeker
dmeeker@xxxxxxxx
http://femm.berlios.de/dmeeker