Magnetostatics is the study of static magnetic fields.In electrostatics, the charges are stationary, whereas here, the currents are steady or dc(direct current). As it turns out magnetostatics is a good approximation even when the currents are not static as long as the currents do not alternate rapidly.Furthermore, Maxwell's displacement current that couples the electric and magnetic fields is assumed to be null.
In Magnetostatic analysis, the Gauss's law for magnetism, i.e. divergence of magnetic flux density is null, and Ampère's law, i.e. the curl of the magnetic field is equal to the static electric current density, are invoked to compute the magnetic field and its related quantities due to electric currents and permanent magnets.It has many practical applications, including:
The Magnetostatic module outputs the following results for each study:
The Magnetostatic module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous magnetic and electromechanical phenomena.Below is just a partial list: