Opera-3d - electromagnetic design in three dimensions
A finite element environment for the complete analysis and design of electromagnetic applications in 3 dimensions. It has been developed over three decades and has a highly successful track record for modeling and design of a very wide range of applications.
The environment includes facilities for fast and accurate application simulation including geometric modelling and post-processing capabilities.
It contains a suite of simulation modules, capable of solving a wide spectrum of static, low frequency and RF electromagnetic applications.
Typical application include: - Motors and Generators
- Actuators
- Sensors
- Magnetic Shielding
- NDT Equipment
- Magnetic Separation
- Magnetic Levitation
- X-Ray tubes
- Electron Lithography
- Induction heating
- Scientific Apparatus including MRI
- RF Cavities
- Accelerator Magnets
- Magnetic Signatures
- Ion Sources
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Simulation Modules:
- Electrostatic Fields
- Magnetostatic Fields
- DC current flow
- Low Frequency Time Varying Fields with Eddy Currents
- Motion Induced Currents
- Rotational and Linear Motion
- Electrostatic Space Charge Limited Emission
- Transient and Steady State Thermal Analysis
- High Frequency waveguide and resonant cavity models
- Superconducting Quench
Features include:
- Fully featured geometric modeller with an easy-to-use interface, including De-featuring and healing capabilities and CAD import and export facilities
- Automatic Finite Element Mesh Generation
- Non Linear Anisotropic and Hysteretic Materials
- Coupling to external circuits and system simulators
- Powerful Post-Processing including ability to compute energy and power, force and torque, contour maps of any variable, harmonics analysis and particle trajectories.
- Powerful scripting language allowing automation, parameterisation
- Design Optimisation