Download FieldMagic: User Manual

Contents
1. Introduction and Features ....................................................................................................... 3
2. Installation of FieldMagic ........................................................................................................ 5
3. How to set up problems in FieldMagic ................................................................................... 9
3.1 Setting the Problem Type................................................................................................. 10
3.2 Creating the Geometry..................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Specifying Material Properties ........................................................................................ 14
3.4 Setting the Boundary Conditions .................................................................................... 16
3.4.1 Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer Problems ................................................ 18
3.4.2 Boundary Conditions for Electrostatic Problems................................................... 19
3.4.3 Boundary Conditions for Magnetostatic Problems ................................................ 20
3.4.4 Boundary Conditions for Plate Vibration and Bending Problems ....................... 20
3.4.5 Boundary Conditions for Plane Stress and Strain Problems................................. 21
3.4.6 Boundary Conditions for Thermal Plane Stress and Strain.................................. 22
3.5 Setting Initial Conditions ................................................................................................. 22
3.6 Solve ................................................................................................................................... 23
3.6.1 Specifying Time Discretization Scheme ................................................................... 23
3.6.2 Choice of Basis Functions.......................................................................................... 25
3.6.3 Integration Parameters.............................................................................................. 28
3.7 Visualize............................................................................................................................. 30
3.8 Meshfree Internet Analysis via FieldMagic Server ....................................................... 32
4. Modifying Problems in FieldMagic....................................................................................... 33
4.1 Changing the Problem Type ............................................................................................ 33
4.2 Modifying the Geometry .................................................................................................. 33
4.3 Modifying the Boundary or Initial Conditions, Material Properties, or Time
Discretization........................................................................................................................... 40
4.4 Changing the View............................................................................................................ 40
4.5 Other Options.................................................................................................................... 44
5. The Material Database Manager........................................................................................... 47
6. Startup Settings....................................................................................................................... 49
7. Export to DXF Format ........................................................................................................... 50
8. Example Problems .................................................................................................................. 51
9. User Support and Feedback................................................................................................... 52
10. Updates via the Internet ....................................................................................................... 53
11. Post Processing ...................................................................................................................... 54
12. End User License Agreement............................................................................................... 60
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