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ex_electrostatics2.m File Reference

Description

EX_ELECTROSTATICS2 Axisymmetric model of a spherical capacitor.

[ FEA, OUT ] = EX_ELECTROSTATICS2( VARARGIN ) Axisymmetric model of a spherical capacitor compared with an analytical solution.

Accepts the following property/value pairs.

Input       Value/{Default}        Description
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sfun        string {sflag2}        Shape function for pressure
iplot       scalar 0/{1}           Plot solution (=1)
                                                                                  .
Output      Value/(Size)           Description
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fea         struct                 Problem definition struct
out         struct                 Output struct

Code listing

 cOptDef = { 'sfun',     'sflag2';
             'iplot',    1;
             'tol',      5e-2;
             'fid',      1 };
 [got,opt] = parseopt(cOptDef,varargin{:});
 fid       = opt.fid;


% Model constants and parameters.
 r1   = 0.003;
 r2   = 0.01;
 r3   = 0.012;
 eps0 = 8.85e-12;
 epsr = 3.9;
 q0   = 6e-11;


% Geometry and grid generation.
 fea.sdim = { 'r' 'z' };
 fea.geom.objects = { gobj_circle([0 0],r1,'C1') ...
                      gobj_circle([0 0],r2,'C2') ...
                      gobj_circle([0 0],r3,'C3') ...
                      gobj_rectangle(-1.1*r1,0,-1.1*r3,1.1*r3,'R1') ...
                      gobj_rectangle(-1.1*r2,0,-1.1*r3,1.1*r3,'R2') ...
                      gobj_rectangle(-1.1*r3,0,-1.1*r3,1.1*r3,'R3') };
 fea = geom_apply_formula( fea, 'C1-R1' );
 fea = geom_apply_formula( fea, 'C2-R2' );
 fea = geom_apply_formula( fea, 'C3-R3' );

 geom_fix = false;
 if( geom_fix )   % Manual geometry fix.
   fea.geom.objects = [ fea.geom.objects, fea.geom.objects(2) ];
   fea.geom.objects = [ fea.geom.objects, fea.geom.objects(1) ];
   fea.geom.objects{4}.tag = 'CS4';
   fea.geom.objects{5}.tag = 'CS5';
   fea = geom_apply_formula( fea, 'CS2-CS1' );
   fea = geom_apply_formula( fea, 'CS3-CS4' );
 end

 fea.grid = gridgen( fea, 'hmax', (r3-r2)/2, 'fid', opt.fid );


% Problem definition.
 fea.const = { 'sigma'  { 6e7     0      6e7   } ;
               'eps0'   { eps0    eps0   eps0  } ;
               'epsr'   { 1       epsr   1     } ;
               'tscale' { 1e-17   1e-17  1e-17 } ;
               'rho'    { q0*3/4/pi/(r1^3) 0 -q0*3/4/pi/(r3^3-r2^3) } };

 fea = addphys( fea, {@electrostatics 1} );
 fea.phys.es.eqn.coef{1,end} = { 'sigma+epsr*eps0/tscale' };
 fea.phys.es.eqn.coef{4,end} = { 'rho/tscale' };
 fea.phys.es.sfun            = { opt.sfun };
 n_bdr = max(fea.grid.b(3,:));
 fea.phys.es.bdr.sel(fea.phys.es.bdr.sel>0) = 4;
 fea.phys.es.bdr.sel(findbdr(fea,['sqrt(r.^2+z.^2)>',num2str((r2+r3)/2)])) = 2;


% Parse and solve problem.
 fea       = parsephys( fea );
 fea       = parseprob( fea );
 fea.sol.u = solvestat( fea, 'fid', opt.fid );   % Call to stationary solver.


% Postprocessing.
 if( opt.iplot>0 )
   postplot( fea, 'surfexpr', 'sigma*sqrt(Vr^2+Vz^2)', 'isoexpr', 'V', 'isocolor', 'w' )
   title( 'Surface: current density, contour: electric potential' )
 end


% Error checking.
 [Vmin,Vmax] = minmaxsubd( 'V', fea );
 eeng = intsubd( 'eps0*epsr*(Vr^2+Vz^2)*pi*r', fea );

 cap1 = q0/( Vmax - Vmin );
 cap2 = q0^2/(2*eeng);
 cap_ref = 4*pi*epsr*eps0/( 1/r1 - 1/r2 );

 out.err  = [ abs(cap_ref-cap1)/cap_ref ...
              abs(cap_ref-cap2)/cap_ref ];
 out.pass = all(out.err<opt.tol);


 if ( nargout==0 )
   clear fea out
 end