S. Mandayam/ EEMAG-1/ECE Dept.

/Rowan University

Engineering Electromagnetics 1
0909.301.01

Fall 2004 INTODUCTION TO MATLAB PDE TOOLBOX September 22, 2004 Shreekanth Mandayam
ECE Department Rowan University
http://engineering.rowan.edu/~shreek/fall04/eemag1/lectures/pdetoolbox.ppt

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The PDE Toolbox

The Matlab PDE toolbox provides a user-friendly graphical interface for solving 2-D partial differential equations of functions of space and time Such equations arise in electromagnetics (electrostatics, magnetostatics, quasi-statics), thermal diffusion, structural analysis, etc. The GUI allows the user to draw 2-D cross-sections of objects, specify sources and boundary conditions and compute the variables (electromagnetic fields, temperatures, stresses, etc.). A numerical technique called the Finite Element Method (will not be discussed here) is used to solve the pdes.

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An Example from Electrostatics

The following slides show an example application using the Matlab PDE toolbox. Problem statement:
No Surface Charge

V=10

Laplaces Equation

V=0

V =0
No Surface Charge

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Step 1
Start the toolbox by typing in >> pdetool at the Matlab prompt

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Step 2

Select Electrostatics Application

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Step 3

The Draw Menu

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Step 4

Create Rectangle

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Step 5

The Boundary Menu

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Step 6

Display Options

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Step 7

Select Boundary 4

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Step 8

Specify Boundary Condition

Steps 9 - 10 Select Boundary 1 and specify condition

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Steps 11 - 14 conditions

Specify remaining boundary

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Step 15

The PDE Mode

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Step 16

PDE Menu

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Step 17

Specify PDE parameters

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PDE Solution: Voltage Calculated

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Step 18

The Plot Menu

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Step 19

Specify plotting parameters

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Solution: Electric Field Lines and Potential Contours