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Posted: 10 years ago Jan 26, 2015, 5:21 p.m. EST

Hi, you have to close the current path some way inside the modeling volume, or you have to extend the coil to the outer boundaries. Terminals and ports are an option too. Current cannot just appear and disappear inside the model. Cheers Edgar -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 2, 2015, 11:37 a.m. EST

[QUOTE] Hi, you have to close the current path some way inside the modeling volume, or you have to extend the coil to the outer boundaries. Terminals and ports are an option too. Current cannot just appear and disappear inside the model. Cheers Edgar -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com [/QUOTE] Thanks for the reply. But I am looking at single_coil_gap_feed.mph at http://www.comsol.com/model/single-turn-and-multi-turn-coil-domains-in-3d-14067, and this model works without doing things you prescribed. My saddle coil is just a loop like this torus, so intuitively, I expect same modeling technique to work for both geometries. What am I missing?

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 2, 2015, 4:11 p.m. EST

You may want to have another look into the example you mentioned. While the torus provides a perfect closed loop for the current I really cannot see which way your coil definition could be a closed loop. The way I understand a saddle coil is a current that flows along the edges of the saddle or in a domain close to the edges. Something like this: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/csc/News/Image12.jpg In such a coil you can add a gap feed similar to the torus example. You may want to study the COMSOL documentation about coil domains and the way to excite them. Cheers Edgar -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 5, 2015, 9:28 a.m. EST

Here is a screenshot of the domains I selected for the coil in my model, and I can't figure out why I can't use gap feed to specify current direction.

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• saddle.png

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 5, 2015, 10:33 a.m. EST

In the model you attached in the first post, the whole saddle is selected and the gap feed extends all across the saddle, which doesn't make sense. I corrected your model and now it solves. Two more remarks. In mf the non-conductive domains mostly need a small conductivity and you have to add a 'Gauge Fixing for A-field' node to achieve convergence. Also I would advise to assign a material or realistic conductivity to the coil domain to get meaningful coil parameters in the post processing. I am attaching the rectified model. Cheers Edgar -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

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• gradientcoil.mph

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 6, 2015, 4:24 p.m. EST

Thanks for all your help, I didn't even think about Gauge Fixing for A-field. Unfortunately, my institution only has license to Comsol 4.4 and earlier so I can't open the file. Would it be possible for you to post the fixed model compatible with earlier versions of comsol? Thank you once again.

Posted: 10 years ago Feb 6, 2015, 6:06 p.m. EST

Here we go. Enjoy! -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

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• gradientcoil.mph

Posted: 10 years ago Mar 13, 2015, 6:41 p.m. EDT

Actually I am trying to design a model of gradient coils for use in MRI. I really need to know how i can design a saddle coil geometry and run the study to get the magnetic flux . thanks in advance

Posted: 10 years ago Mar 14, 2015, 4:50 a.m. EDT

Well, that's what the thread is about. Have you checked the postings above? -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

Posted: 10 years ago Mar 14, 2015, 4:00 p.m. EDT

Well,i checked it , you really did a great job , actually i am beginner and i trying to design a model like the attachment photo , and how i can change the current in the coil to the opposite direction . Best regards

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• coil.jpg

Posted: 10 years ago Mar 14, 2015, 5:32 p.m. EDT

Multiply with -1 ? This will also change the sign of the flux, nothing more. -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com