Choosing Multiphysics for Electrostatics

lsimons · February 9, 2012, 15:17

I'm looking to simulate an electrostatics (well, near DC alternating current fields) setup and have been trying to find a free (preferred open source) package to get my feet wet. I've been looking at OpenFOAM and Elmer, but neither seems to really target electrostatics.

I was wondering if anyone had successfully used either package for this, or if anyone had any suggestions? My ideal solution would let me input a mesh of the environment with points at a fixed potential, and it would output an estimate of the potential throughout the environment.

Thanks,
Louis

Nicole · February 11, 2015, 02:42

Hi Lois,

I see this is a very old post, but did you ever have any success in OpenFoam with this?

lsimons · February 16, 2015, 13:30

I was able to get the built in example E&M cases to run, but ran into some trouble on a custom mesh.

February 9, 2012, 15:17	Choosing Multiphysics for Electrostatics	#1
lsimons New Member Louis S Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	I'm looking to simulate an electrostatics (well, near DC alternating current fields) setup and have been trying to find a free (preferred open source) package to get my feet wet. I've been looking at OpenFOAM and Elmer, but neither seems to really target electrostatics. I was wondering if anyone had successfully used either package for this, or if anyone had any suggestions? My ideal solution would let me input a mesh of the environment with points at a fixed potential, and it would output an estimate of the potential throughout the environment. Thanks, Louis

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February 11, 2015, 02:42		#2
Nicole Member Nicole Andrew Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Posts: 58 Rep Power: 11	Hi Lois, I see this is a very old post, but did you ever have any success in OpenFoam with this?

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lsimons New Member Louis S Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	I was able to get the built in example E&M cases to run, but ran into some trouble on a custom mesh.