Ansoft Maxwell
Electromagnetic Field Simulation for High-Performance Electromechanical Design
Maxwell® is the premier electromagnetic field simulation software for engineers tasked with designing and analyzing 3-D and 2-D electromagnetic and electromechanical devices such as motors, actuators, transformers, sensors and coils. Maxwell uses the accurate finite element method to solve static, frequency-domain and time-varying electromagnetic and electric fields. A key benefit of Maxwell is its automated solution process where users are only required to specify geometry, material properties and the desired output. From this point, Maxwell will automatically generate an appropriate, efficient and accurate mesh for solving the problem. This proven automatic adaptive meshing process removes complexity from the analysis process and allows engineers to benefit from a highly-efficient, easy-to-use design flow.
A key feature in Maxwell is the ability to generate high-fidelity, reduced order models from the finite-element solution for use in Simplorer®, ANSYS' multi-domain system simulation software. This capability creates a powerful electromagnetic-based design flow that enables users to combine complex circuits with accurate component models from Maxwell to design complete high-performance electromechanical, mechatronic and power electronic systems.
What's new in 13.0?
* Complete Maxwell 3-D project setup by RMxprt™ including geometry, materials, boundary conditions including the appropriate symmetries and excitations with coupling circuit topology
* Maxwell can be linked with ANSYS® Mechanical™ to perform thermal and stress analysis.
* Greater than 5X speed up in magnetic transient solver with rigid body motion
* Highly robust volumetric meshing (TAU) technique
* Maxwell 3-D transient with motion co-simulation with Simplorer
* 3D Skin-depth adaptive meshing
* Time varying solid winding source with more than two terminals
* Demagnetization to 3rd Quadrant
* Element-by-element magnetization capability based on the original non-remnant B(H)-curve
* Permanent Magnet Material Libraries:*
o Shin Etsu
o Vacuumschmelze
