Description
Electromagnetism is a core educational requirement for physicists, electrical engineers and many other scientific disciplines. Standard courses concentrate on fundamental concepts and analytic solutions. On the other hand, students will likely employ computer solutions when they enter professional life. The numerical approach is essential for systems with asymmetric geometries and complex materials. We developed Field Explore as a finite-element unit that can be incorporated into electromagnetism courses. It introduces essential techniques for successful numerical field calculations:
- Recognizing limits of accuracy.
- Dealing with boundary effects.
- Applying scaling laws to generalize results.
- Developing strategies to reduce run-time.
- Making informed analyses.
- Automating calculations.
Field Explore is a fully-functioned version of our professional programs for 2D electrostatic and magnetostatic simulations. The software suite is freely available and may be distributed to students. The programs are optimized for Windows 10/11. They contain no advertisements and share no data on the Internet. There are mesh limits compared to our commercial programs, but the allotment is generous enough to support a wide variety of classroom and research projects. Instructors can make use of extensive collections of application examples or develop their own materials to illustrate topics. Please Contact us if you have questions.
Features
- Automatic conformal mesh generator.
- Geometry definition via a built-in CAD drawing editor or DXF file input.
- Program control through interactive dialogs or text scripts.
- Interactive point-and-click analysis of solutions with the option to record results in a text file.
- Extensive publication-quality plot options.
- Support for advanced material properties like permanent magnets or continous spatial variations of dielectric constant, magnetic permeability,....
- Easy-to-understand reference manuals with walkthrough examples.
- A short course with ready-to-run examples.
- A 320 page textbook on fundamentals of the finte-element method
Download
FieldExplore.exe (21.4 MB).
Individual program information
Mesh, automatic conformal mesh generator
EStat, electrostatic solutions with dielectrics, space charge or conductors.
PerMag, magnetostatic solutions with electromagnets, permanent magnets and iron.
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