Calculated physical quantities in Magnetostatics

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For magnetostatic problems the QuickField postprocessor calculates the following set of local and integral physical quantities.

Local quantities:

• Vector magnetic potential A (flux function rA in axisymmetric case);

• Vector of the magnetic flux density B = curl A
  Planar case: \[ B_x = \frac{\partial A}{\partial y}, \quad B_y = -\frac{\partial A}{\partial x} \]

  Axisymmetric case: \[ B_z = \frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial (rA)}{\partial r}, \quad B_r = -\frac{\partial A}{\partial z} \]

• Vector of magnetic field intensity \[ \mathbf H = μ^{-1} · \mathbf B, \] where μ is the magnetic permeability tensor.

Integral quantities:

See section Integral quantities in DC and Transient magnetics.