I've just formed a simulation. I used Electrostatics and set "Calculate Electric Field = True". Then in ElmerVTK, potential can be plotted, but when I click Vector and choose Electric.field as vector then click apply, nothing is plotted. How can I plot the Electric field vector?
my sif file:
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Header
CHECK KEYWORDS Warn
Mesh DB "." "."
Include Path ""
Results Directory ""
End
Simulation
Max Output Level = 5
Coordinate System = Cartesian
Coordinate Mapping(3) = 1 2 3
Simulation Type = Steady state
Steady State Max Iterations = 1
Output Intervals = 1
Timestepping Method = BDF
BDF Order = 1
Solver Input File = case.sif
Post File = case.ep
End
Constants
Gravity(4) = 0 -1 0 9.82
Stefan Boltzmann = 5.67e-08
Permittivity of Vacuum = 8.8542e-12
Boltzmann Constant = 1.3807e-23
Unit Charge = 1.602e-19
End
Body 1
Target Bodies(1) = 1
Name = "Body 1"
Equation = 1
Material = 1
End
Body 2
Target Bodies(1) = 2
Name = "Body 2"
Equation = 2
Material = 2
End
Solver 1
Equation = Electrostatics
Variable = Potential
Procedure = "StatElecSolve" "StatElecSolver"
Calculate Electric Field = True
Exec Solver = Always
Stabilize = True
Bubbles = False
Lumped Mass Matrix = False
Optimize Bandwidth = True
Steady State Convergence Tolerance = 1.0e-5
Nonlinear System Convergence Tolerance = 1.0e-7
Nonlinear System Max Iterations = 20
Nonlinear System Newton After Iterations = 3
Nonlinear System Newton After Tolerance = 1.0e-3
Nonlinear System Relaxation Factor = 1
Linear System Solver = Iterative
Linear System Iterative Method = BiCGStab
Linear System Max Iterations = 500
Linear System Convergence Tolerance = 1.0e-10
BiCGstabl polynomial degree = 2
Linear System Preconditioning = Diagonal
Linear System ILUT Tolerance = 1.0e-3
Linear System Abort Not Converged = False
Linear System Residual Output = 1
Linear System Precondition Recompute = 1
End
Equation 1
Name = "Equation 1"
Active Solvers(1) = 1
End
Equation 2
Name = "Equation 2"
End
Material 1
Name = "Air (room temperature)"
Viscosity = 1.983e-5
Heat expansion Coefficient = 3.43e-3
Heat Conductivity = 0.0257
Relative Permittivity = 1.00059
Sound speed = 343.0
Heat Capacity = 1005.0
Density = 1.205
End
Material 2
Name = "Gold (generic)"
Heat expansion Coefficient = 14.2e-6
Electric Conductivity = 45.17e6
Electric Conductivity = 45.17e6
Heat Conductivity = 318.0
Sound speed = 2030.0
Heat Capacity = 129.0
Mesh Poisson ratio = 0.44
Density = 19300.0
Poisson ratio = 0.44
Youngs modulus = 78.0e9
End
Boundary Condition 1
Target Boundaries(1) = 7
Name = "BoundaryCondition 1"
Potential Condition = 7000
Potential = 7000
End
Boundary Condition 2
Target Boundaries(6) = 1 2 3 4 5 6
Name = "BoundaryCondition 2"
Electric Infinity BC = True
End
Thanks