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Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Charged Particle Tracing

Electric Currents with Current Conservation

Electric Currents, Shell

Electrical Circuit

Electrostatics with Charge Conservation

Electrostatics, Boundary Elements

Magnetic and Electric Fields

Magnetic Field Formulation

Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Fields, No Currents

Magnetic Fields, No Currents, Boundary Elements

Rotating Machinery in 2D and 3D, Magnetic

Boundary Conditions

Circuit Terminal

Contact Impedance

Dielectric Shielding

Distributed Capacitance

Distributed Impedance

Distributed Resistance

Electric Shielding

Electrical Contact

Lumped Port

Periodic Boundary Condition

Sector Symmetry

Surface Charge Accumulation

Surface Impedance

Thin Low Permeability Gap

Transition

Coil Excitation in 2D, Axisymmetry, and 3D

Floating Potential

Fundamental Magnetic Boundary Conditions

Fundamental Voltage and Current Boundary Conditions

Magnetic Shielding

Edge and Point Conditions

Edge Circuit Terminal (cylindrical electrodes)

Edge Floating Potential (cylindrical electrodes)

Edge Potential and Ground (cylindrical electrodes)

Edge/Line and Point Currents and Charges

Electric Point Dipole

Magnetic Point Dipole

Electrical Circuit

Export of SPICE Netlist

Import of SPICE Netlist

Linear Passive Circuit Element

Nonlinear & Active Circuit Element

Voltage and Current Source

Lumped Parameters

S, Y and Z parameter conversions

Capacitance, Impedance and Admittance Matrix Calculation

Inductance Matrix Calculation

S-Parameter Matrix Calculation

Material Library

AC/DC

Nonlinear Magnetic

Particle Tracing

Boundary Conditions

Formulation

Particle Properties and Forces

Particle Release

Predefined Multiphysics Couplings

Boundary Electric Potential Coupling (FEM/BEM)

Boundary Magnetic Potential Coupling (FEM/BEM)

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Particle Field Interaction, Non-Relativistic

Particle Field Interaction, Relativistic¹

Results and Visualization

2D Histogram

Intersection Point 2D (data set)

Intersection Point 3D (data set)

Particle (data set)

Particle (plot)

Particle Evaluation

Particle Trajectories

Phase Portrait

Poincaré Map

Smith (plot)

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D, 2D, Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Charge Conservation

Circuit Terminal

Electric Force and Torque

Electric Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Electromagnetic Force and Torque

Magnetic Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Prescribed Rotation

Prescribed Rotational Velocity

Reduced Field Formulation for Magnetic Fields

RLC Coil Group in 2D and Axisymmetry

Space Charge Density

Coil Excitation in 2D, Axisymmetry, and 3D

Current Conservation

Constitutive Relations

Anisotropic Materials

B-H Curve

Constitutive Relationships for Magnetic Fields, 3D

Electric Conductivity

Fundamental Constitutive Relations

Linearized Resistivity

Lorentz Velocity, 3D

Lorentz Velocity. 2D

Magnetic Losses

Magnetization

Nonlinear Permanent Magnet

Polarization

Porous Media and Mixture Materials

Relative Permeability

Relative Permittivity

Remanent Displacement

Remanent Flux Density

Vector Hysteresis, Jiles-Atherton Model

Acoustics

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Acoustic-Structure Interaction

Acoustic-Piezoelectric Interaction, Frequency Domain

Acoustic-Piezoelectric Interaction, Transient

Acoustic-Poroelastic Waves Interaction

Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Frequency Domain¹

Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Transient¹

Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Frequency Domain

Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Transient

Acoustic-Solid-Poroelastic Waves Interaction

Pipe Acoustics, Frequency Domain¹

Pipe Acoustics, Transient¹

Poroelastic Waves

Solid Mechanics (Elastic Waves)

Aeroacoustics

Compressible Potential Flow

Linearized Euler, Frequency Domain

Linearized Euler, Transient

Linearized Navier-Stokes, Frequency Domain

Linearized Navier-Stokes, Transient

Linearized Potential Flow, Boundary Mode

Linearized Potential Flow, Frequency Domain

Linearized Potential Flow, Transient

Geometrical Acoustics

Acoustic Diffusion Equation

Ray Acoustics

Pressure Acoustics

Pressure Acoustics, Boundary Elements

Pressure Acoustics, Boundary Mode

Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain

Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit

Pressure Acoustics, Transient

Thermoviscous Acoustics

Acoustic-Thermoviscous Acoustic Interaction, Frequency Domain

Thermoviscous Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Frequency Domain¹

Thermoviscous Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Frequency Domain

Thermoviscous Acoustics, Boundary Mode

Thermoviscous Acoustics, Frequency Domain

Thermoviscous Acoustics, Transient

Ultrasound

Convected Wave Equation, Time Explicit

Boundary Conditions

Acoustic-Structure Interaction

Poroelastic Material (Poroelastic Waves)

Solid Mechanics

Aeroacoustics

Compressible Potential Flow

Linearized Euler

Linearized Navier-Stokes

Linearized Potential Flow

Geometrical Acoustics

Acoustic Diffusion Equation

Inward Energy Flux

Mapped Room Coupling

Room Coupling

Wall

Ray Acoustics

Inlet

Material Discontinuity

Ray Detector

Wall

Pressure Acoustics

Cylindrical Wave Radiation

Far-Field Calculation

Interior Impedance

Interior Normal Acceleration

Interior Normal Displacement

Interior Normal Velocity

Interior Perforated Plate

Interior Sound Hard Boundary

Matched Boundary

Normal Acceleration

Normal Displacement

Normal Velocity

Plane Wave Radiation

Prescribed Pressure

Sound Hard Boundary (Wall)

Sound Soft Boundary

Spherical Wave Radiation

Symmetry

Periodic Condition

Impedance (boundary impedance models)

User defined

Characteristic Specific Impedance

Physiological

Porous Layer

RCL

Waveguide end impedance

Thermoviscous Acoustics

Interior Normal Impedance

Interior Temperature Variation

Interior Velocity

Interior Wall

Prescribed Pressure (Adiabatic)

Symmetry Condition

Wall

Mechanical Conditions

Periodic Condition

Thermal Conditions

Ultrasound

Convected Wave Equation, Time Explicit

Acoustic Impedance

General Flux/Source

General Interior Flux

Interior Normal Velocity

Interior Wall

Normal Velocity

Pressure

Sound Hard Wall

Symmetry

Edge and Point Conditions

Mass Flow Edge and Point Source

Point Source

Shell Edge and Point Conditions

Solid Edge and Point Fixed Constraint

Solid Edge and Point Load

Solid Edge and Point Prescribed Displacement

Solid Spring Foundation

Dipole Point Source

Line Source

Monopole Point Source

Quadrupole Point Source

Pipe Acoustics

Edges¹

Points¹

Material Library

Liquids and Gases

Piezoelectric

Multiphysics

Boundary Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic BEM-FEM Boundary

Acoustic-Porous Boundary

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Acoustic-Thermoviscous Acoustic Boundary

Aeroacoustic-Structure Boundary

Porous-Structure Boundary

Thermoviscous Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Domain Multiphysics Couplings

Background Potential Flow Coupling

Piezoelectric Effect

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Acoustic-Piezoelectric Interaction, Frequency Domain

Acoustic-Piezoelectric Interaction, Transient

Acoustic-Poroelastic Waves Interaction

Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Frequency Domain¹

Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Transient¹

Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Frequency Domain

Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Transient

Acoustic-Solid-Poroelastic Waves Interaction

Acoustic-Thermoviscous Acoustic Interaction, Frequency Domain

Thermoviscous Acoustic-Shell Interaction, Frequency Domain¹

Thermoviscous Acoustic-Solid Interaction, Frequency Domain

Results and Visualization

2D Histogram

Beam Width Calculation

Directivity (plot)

Directivity Index Calculation

Far Field (plot)

Impulse Response (plot)

Intersection Point 2D (data set)

Intersection Point 3D (data set)

Octave Band (plot)

Phase Portrait

Poincaré Map

Ray (data set)

Ray (plot)

Ray Evaluation

Ray Trajectories

Receiver (data set)

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D, 2D, 2D Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Infinite Acoustic Domain Modeling with Absorbing Layers

Infinite Acoustic Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layers

Infinite Solid Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layers

Initial Values

Acoustic-Structure Interaction

Initial Stress and Strain Tensors

Linear Elastic Material Model

Piezoelectric Devices

Poroelastic Material (Biot's Theory)

Solid Mechanics

Aeroacoustics

Background Acoustic Fields

Domain Sources

Compressible Potential Flow Model

Linearized Euler Model

Linearized Navier-Stokes Model

Linearized Potential Flow Model

Geometrical Acoustics

Acoustic Diffusion Equation

Domain Source

Fitted Domain

Room

Acoustic Diffusion Model

Ray Acoustics

Ray and Domain Properties

Ray Release

Pressure Acoustics

Heat Source

Monopole and Dipole Domain Source

Background Pressure Field

FEM, BEM, and dG-FEM Formulations

Fluid Model

Narrow Region Acoustics

Poroacoustics

Thermoviscous Acoustics

Heat Source

Background Acoustic Fields

Thermoviscous Acoustics Model (Thermally-Conducting Viscous Fluid Model: Linearized Navier-Stokes, Continuity, and Energy Equations in Quiescent Conditions)

Ultrasound

Domain Sources

Convected Wave Equation Model (Linearized Euler Equation with Adiabatic Assumption)

Chemical

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Chemistry

Electrophoretic Transport

Nernst-Planck Equations

Nernst-Planck-Poisson Equations

Reacting Pipe Flow

Reaction Engineering

Surface Reactions

Transport of Concentrated Species

Transport of Diluted Species

Transport of Diluted Species in Fractures

Transport of Diluted Species in Pipes

Transport of Diluted Species in Porous Media

Moisture Flow

Laminar Flow

Turbulent Flow, Algebraic yPlus

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, k-omega¹

Turbulent Flow, L-VEL

Turbulent Flow, Low-Re k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Spalart-Allmaras¹

Turbulent Flow, SST¹

Moisture Transport

Moisture Transport in Air

Moisture Transport in Building Material

Reacting Flow

Laminar Flow

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, k-omega

Turbulent Flow, Low-Re k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, SST

Reacting Flow in Porous Media

Concentrated Species

Diluted Species

Rotating Machinery, Reacting Flow

Laminar Flow

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, k-omega

Turbulent Flow, Low-Re k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, SST

Boundary Conditions

Axial Symmetry

Concentration

Continuity

Current Density

Current Discontinuity

Electric Insulation

Electric Potential

Electrode Surface Coupling

Flux

Flux Discontinuity

Mass Fraction

Mass Outflow

Moist Surface

Moisture Content

No Flux

Open Boundary

Outflow

Periodic Condition

Porous Electrode Coupling

Reacting Boundary

Surface Equilibrium Reaction

Surface Properties

Symmetry

Thin Diffusion Barrier

Thin Impermeable Barrier

Thin Moisture Barrier

Volatilization

Wet Surface

Fracture

Inflow

Inflow with Mixture Specification

Moisture Flux

Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics

Parameter estimation in Reaction Engineering¹

CHEMKIN file import of thermo- transport- and kinetic data²

Thermodynamics

Edge and Point Conditions

Flux

Line Mass Source

Point Mass Source

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D, 2D, Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Convection and Diffusion

Electrochemical Reactions

Equilibrium Reaction

Free Flow

Generate Space-Dependent Model

Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Initial Values

Isotropic Diffusion

Mass Based Concentrations

Migration in Electric Field

Multiple-Species User Interface

Reactions

Reactive Pellet Bed

Species Source

Species, Chemical Reaction Engineering

Turbulent Mixing

Wall Mass Transfer

Effective Mass Transport Parameters

Partially Saturated Porous Media

Porous Media Transport Properties

Reactions, extended for Chemical Reaction Engineering

Diffusion-Models for Transport of Concentrated Species

Fick's Law

Knudsen Diffusion

Maxwell-Stefan

Mixture-Averaged

Moisture Transport

Building Material

Moisture Source

Moist Air

Multiphysics Couplings

Hygroscopic Swelling

Electrochemistry

Boundary Conditions

Insulation

Non-Deforming Boundary

Electrode

Charge-Discharge Cycling

Circuit Terminal

Current

Current Density

Electrode Power

External Short

Ground

Potential

Thin Electrode Layer

Thin Electrode Surface

Electrode Surface

Boundary Electrochemical Heat Source

Corroding Electrode

Deforming Electrode Surface

Depositing Electrode

Dissolving-Depositing Species

Double Layer Capacitance

Film Resistance

Non-Faradaic Reactions

Electrode Reaction

Electrolyte

Concentration

Current

Current Density

Electrode Surface

Flux

Infinite Electrolyte

Inflow

Ion-Exchange Membrane Boundary

No Flux

Open Boundary

Outflow

Thin Electrolyte Layer

Pair Boundary Conditions on Interior Boundaries

Continuity

Insulation

Symmetry

Edge and Point Conditions

Electric Reference Potential

Electrode Potential at Edges and Points

Electrolyte Potential at Edges and Points

Line Current Source

Point Current Source

Reference Electrode

Edge Electrode

Sacrificial Edge Anode

Material Library

Battery Electrode Materials with Equilibrium Potentials

Battery Electrolytes

Physics Interfaces

Battery with Binary Electrolyte

Corrosion, Primary

Corrosion, Secondary

Corrosion, Tertiary

Current Distribution, Boundary Elements

Current Distribution, Shell

Electroanalysis

Electrode, Shell

Electrodeposition, Primary

Electrodeposition, Secondary

Electrodeposition, Tertiary, Nernst-Planck

Lead-Acid Battery

Lithium-Ion Battery

Primary Current Distribution

Secondary Current Distribution

Single Particle Battery

Tertiary Current Distribution, Nernst-Planck

Study Types

AC Impedance

Cyclic Voltammetry

Stationary with Initialization

Time Dependent with Initialization

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D, 2D, Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Current and Species Transport in Concentrated Binary Electrolytes

Domain Deformations Coupled To Electrochemistry

Electrochemical Heating Multiphysics Coupling

Electrolyte

Intercalating Species (Li, Hydrogen, or other)

Reactions

Separator

Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI)

Effective Transport Parameter Correction

Porous Electrode

Current Source

Electronic

Ionic

Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Electrode

Electrolyte

Lead-Acid Battery

Electrolyte

Reservoir

Separator

Porous Electrode

Negative Porous Electrode

Positive Porous Electrode

Li-Ion Battery

Concentrated Binary Electrolyte

Initial Cell Charge Distribution

Porous Electrodes

Additional Porous Electrode Material

Li Intercalation

Negative Electrode

Positive Electrode

Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI)

Fluid Flow

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Particle Tracing for Fluid Flow

High Mach Number Flow

Laminar Flow

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Spalart-Allmaras

Multiphase Flow

Bubbly Flow, Laminar and Turbulent

Euler-Euler Model, Laminar and Turbulent

Mixture Model, Laminar and Turbulent

Rotating Machinery, Mixture Model, Laminar Flow

Rotating Machinery, Mixture Model, Turbulent Flow

Three-Phase Flow, Phase Field, Laminar

Two Phase Flow, Moving Mesh, Laminar

Two-Phase Flow, Level Set, Laminar

Two-Phase Flow, Level Set, Turbulent

Two-Phase Flow, Phase Field, Laminar

Two-Phase Flow, Phase Field, Turbulent

Nonisothermal Flow

Laminar Flow

Nonisothermal Pipe Flow

Rotating Machinery, Algebraic yPlus

Rotating Machinery, k-epsilon

Rotating Machinery, k-omega

Rotating Machinery, L-VEL

Rotating Machinery, Laminar Flow

Rotating Machinery, Low-Reynolds k-epsilon

Rotating Machinery, Spalart-Allmaras

Rotating Machinery, SST

Turbulent Flow, Algebraic yPlus

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, k-omega

Turbulent Flow, L-VEL

Turbulent Flow, Low-Reynolds k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Realizable k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Spalart-Allmaras

Turbulent Flow, SST

Turbulent Flow. v2-f

Porous Media and Subsurface Flow

Brinkman Equations

Darcy's Law

Fracture Flow

Free and Porous Media Flow

Richards Equation

Two-Phase Darcy's Law

Rarefied Flow

Molecular Flow

Slip Flow

Transitional Flow

Single-Phase Flow

Creeping Flow

Laminar Flow

Pipe Flow

Rotating Machinery, Algebraic yPlus

Rotating Machinery, L-VEL

Rotating Machinery, Laminar Flow

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, k-omega

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, low-Re k-epsilon

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, Realizable k-epsilon

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, Spalart-Allmaras

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, SST

Rotating Machinery, Turbulent Flow, v2-f

Turbulent Flow, Algebraic yPlus

Turbulent Flow, k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, k-omega

Turbulent Flow, L-VEL

Turbulent Flow, Low-Reynolds k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Realizable k-epsilon

Turbulent Flow, Spalart-Allmaras

Turbulent Flow, SST

Turbulent Flow, v2-f

Water Hammer

Thin-Film Flow

Thin-Film Flow Domain, 2D

Thin-Film Flow, Edge, 2D

Thin-Film Flow, Shell, 3D

Boundary Conditions

Atmosphere/Gauge

Boundary Stress

Diffuse Flux

Electrode-Electrolyte Interface Coupling

Evaporation

External Fluid Interface

External Slip Wall

Fan

Fluid-Fluid Interface

Flux Discontinuity, Porous Media

Free Surface

Grille

Hydraulic Head, Porous Media

Inflow Boundary, Porous Media

Initial Interface, Two-Phase Flow

Interior Fan

Interior Wall, Porous Media

Marangoni effect (multiphysics coupling)

Mass Flux, Porous Media

Navier Slip

No Flow, Porous Media

Number Density Reconstruction (Interior Boundaries Only)

Open Boundary, Normal Stress or No Viscous Stress

Periodic Flow Condition

Pervious Layer, Porous Media

Pipe Connection

Plane Symmetry

Pressure Head, Porous Media

Pressure, Porous Media

Reservoir

Screen

Slip Wall

Stationary Free Surface

Surface Temperature

Symmetry Boundary Condition

Thin Barrier, Porous Media

Total Vacuum

Vacuum Pump

Vacuum Pump (Free Molecular Flow)

Inlet

Fully Developed Flow

Laminar Flow with Average Velocity, Volumetric Flow Rate or Pressure

Mass Flow Rate and Mass Flux

Standard Mass Flow Rate (SCCM)

Turbulent Flow

Velocity, Pressure, Normal Stress

Outlet

Laminar Flow with Average Velocity, Flow Rate or Pressure

Pressure, Velocity

Wall

Electroosmotic Velocity

Navier-Slip

Rotating Interior Wall

Rotating Shaft

Rotating Wall

Slip or No Slip, Sliding, Moving or Leaking Wall

Slip Velocity using Viscous Slip and Thermal Creep

Wetted Wall and Moving Wetted Wall

Interior Wall

Molecular Flow Wall Boundary Conditions

Turbulent Flow Wall Functions

Edge and Point Conditions

Contact Angle

Line Mass Source

Point Mass Source

Pressure Point Constraint

Molecular Flow Features on Edges or Points

Number Density Reconstruction

Pipe Flow Boundary Conditions at Points

Bend

Closed

Contraction/Expansion

Local Friction Loss

n-way junction

No Flow

Outflow: Laminar Flow with Average Velocity, Flow Rate or Pressure

Pipe Connection

Pump

T-Junction

Valve

Y-junction

Inlet

Pipe Flow Domain Properties on Edges

Fluid Model

Bingham, Non-Newtonian

Power Law, Non-Newtonian

Newtonian

Thin-Film Flow Boundary Conditions on Edges or Points

Border Flow

Inlet

Outlet

Symmetry

Wall

Global Features

Generate New Turbulence Model Interface

Material Library

Liquids and Gases

Particle Tracing

Boundary Conditions

Formulation

Particle Properties and Forces

Particle Release

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Fluid-Particle Interaction

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Fluid-Structure Interaction, Fixed Geometry

Poroelasticity

Results and Visualization

2D Histogram

Intersection Point 2D (data set)

Intersection Point 3D (data set)

Particle (data set)

Particle (plot)

Particle Evaluation

Particle Trajectories

Phase Portrait

Poincaré Map

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D Formulations for Porous Media Flow

2D, Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Forchheimer Drag

Free Surface Domain

Gravity Effects

Mass Transfer, Bubbly Flow and Mixture Model

Neglect Inertial Term (Stokes Flow)

Pressure Work, Nonisothermal Flow

Rotating Domain

Shallow Channel Approximation, 2D

Surface Tension Effects

Swirl Flow, Axisymmetric, Laminar

Swirl Flow, Axisymmetric, Turbulent

Viscous Heating, Nonisothermal Flow

Volume Force

Gravity in Single Phase Flow

Thin Film Flow

Fluid Properties

Compressible Flow, Mach number <0.3

Density and Viscosity

Incompressible Flow

Weakly Compressible Flow

Non-Newtonian

Carreau Model

Power Law

User-Defined Model

Molecular Flow

Multiple Species

Number Density Reconstruction

Porous Media

Capillary Pressure, Two-Phase Darcy's Law

Fluid and Matrix Properties, Brinkman Equations

Mass Source

Poroelastic Storage, Isotropic and Anisotropic¹

Porous Electrode Coupling

Richards' Equation, Isotropic and Anisotropic

Storage Model, Isotropic and Anisotropic

Well

Darcy's Law, Isotropic and Anisotropic

Heat Transfer

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Marangoni effect

Bioheat Transfer

Heat Transfer in Fluids

Heat Transfer in Fractures

Heat Transfer in Pipes

Heat Transfer in Porous Media

Heat Transfer in Solids

Heat Transfer in Thin Films

Heat Transfer in Thin Shells

Radiation

Heat Transfer with Radiation in Participating Media

Heat Transfer with Surface-to-Surface Radiation

Radiation in Participating Media

Radiative Beam in Absorbing Media

Surface-to-Surface Radiation

Ambient Conditions

User defined conditions

Time-dependent climate data for 6000+ stations (ASHRAE 2013)

Time-dependent climate data for about 8000 stations (ASHRAE 2017)

Boundary Conditions

Axial Symmetry

Deposited Beam Power

Diffuse surface (only surface-to-ambient radiation)

Heat Continuity

Inflow

Marangoni effect (multiphysics coupling)

Open Boundary

Outflow

Periodic Heat Condition

Symmetry

Thermal Insulation

Heat Transfer in Thin Shells

Boundary Heat Source

Fracture

Heat Flux

Isothermal Domain Interface

Radiation in Participating Media

Surface-to-Surface Radiation

Temperature

Thermal Contact

Thin Film

Thin Layer

Edge and Point Conditions

Thin Rod

Heat Transfer in Thin Shells

Line and Point Heat Source

Thin Layer, Thin Film and Fracture

Wall Heat Transfer for Heat Transfer in Pipes

External Radiation Source

Directional Radiation Source

Point Radiation Source

Solar Position

Material Library

Bioheat

Building

Liquids and Gases

Thermoelectric

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Conjugate Heat Transfer

Heat and Moisture Transport

Induction Heating

Joule Heating

Laser Heating

Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium

Microwave Heating

Thermoelectric Effect

Symmetry for Surface-to-Surface Radiation

Perpendicular Planes of Symmetry

Plane of Symmetry

Sectors of Symmetry

Volumetric Domain Properties

Building Material

Heat Sources, Electrochemical Reactions and Joule Heating

Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Isothermal Domain

Opacity

Out-of-plane Heat Transfer

Phase Change Material

Pressure Work

Shape Memory Alloy¹

Thermoelastic Damping

Translational Motion

Viscous Dissipation

Biological Tissue

Fluid

Heat Source

Irreversible Transformation

Moist Air

Porous Medium

Radiation in Participating Media

Solid

Thermodynamics for Heat Transfer in Fluids

Gas/Liquid

Ideal Gas

Moist Air

Mathematics

Auxiliary Contributions

Discretization

Global Constraint

Global Equations

Pointwise Constraint

Weak Constraint

Weak Contribution

Weak Contribution on Mesh Boundaries

Coordinate Systems

Base Vector System

Boundary System

Cylindrical System

Mapped System

Rotated System

Scaling System

Spherical System

Curvilinear Coordinates

Aligning Methods

Boundary Conditions

Deformed Mesh and ALE Methods

Deformed Geometry Interface

Moving Mesh Interface

Boundary Conditions

Domain Conditions

Generic Boundary Conditions

Axial Symmetry

Continuity

Periodic Condition

Moving Interface

Level Set Formulation

Phase Field Formulation

Ternary Phase Field Formulation

Boundary Conditions

ODEs and DAEs

Events

Global ODEs and DAEs

Distributed ODEs and DAEs

Optimization and Sensitivity

Optimization Interface and Study Step

Parameter Estimation

Sensitivity Interface and Study Step

Stationary Forward and Adjoint Sensitivity

Time-Dependent Forward and Adjoint Sensitivity

Constraints

Control Variables

Objective Functions

Particle Tracing

Boundary Conditions

Formulation

Particle Properties and Forces

Particle Release

PDE Interfaces

Boundary Conditions

Classical PDEs

General-Purpose Equation Forms

Source Terms

Results and Visualization

2D Histogram

Intersection Point 2D (data set)

Intersection Point 3D (data set)

Particle (data set)

Particle (plot)

Particle Evaluation

Particle Trajectories

Phase Portrait

Poincaré Map

Study Steps

Control Steps

Batch

Batch Sweep

Cluster Computing

Cluster Sweep

Function Sweep

Material Sweep

Optimization

Parameter Estimation

Parametric Sweep

Sensitivity

Study Reference

Eigenfrequency

Eigenvalue

Frequency Domain

Frequency-Domain Modal

Frequency-Domain, Perturbation

Mean Energies

Reduced Electric Fields

Time to Frequency FFT

Other

Boundary Mode Analysis

Coil Current Calculation

Current Distribution Initialization

Fatigue

Frozen Rotor

Linear Buckling

Mode Analysis

Phase Initialization

Transient Initialization

Viscoelastic Transient Initialization

Wall Distance Initialization

Stationary

Frequency-Stationary

Semiconductor Initialization

Stationary

Stationary Plug Flow

Stationary, Fluid

Stationary, Solid

Time Dependent

Cyclic Voltammetry

Frequency to Time FFT

Frequency-Transient

Modal Reduced Order Model

Particle Trajectories

Ray Tracing

Time Dependent

Time Dependent, Fixed Geometry

Time Dependent, Fluid

Time Dependent, Solid

Time Discrete

Time-Dependent Modal

Wall Distance

Distance Equation

Wall Boundary Condition

Plasma

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Boltzmann Equation, Two-term Approximation

Drift Diffusion

Heavy Species Transport

Plasma

Plasma, Time Periodic

Boundary Conditions

Electrons

Flux

Insulation

Prescribed Electron Density

Prescribed Mean Electron Energy

Wall

Heavy Species

Bulk Species

Flux

Inlet

Outlet

Surface Reactions

Surface Species

Symmetry

Data Import

CHEMKIN file import of thermo and transport data

Cross Section Data

Discretization

Finite Element

Finite Volume

Material Library

Equilibrium Discharge

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Inductively Coupled Plasma¹

Microwave Plasma¹

Equilibrium Discharges

Combined Inductive/DC Discharge¹

Equilibrium DC Discharge

Equilibrium Inductively Coupled Plasma¹

Results and Visualization

Smith (plot)

Volumetric Domain Properties

1D, 2D, Axisymmetric, and 3D Formulations

Automatic Computation of Electron Mobility

Collisionless Heating

Drift Diffusion Model

Electron Production Rate

General Power Deposition

Inductive Power Deposition

Microwave Power Deposition

Reaction

Species, Non-Electron

Thermal Diffusion of Electrons

Diffusion-Models for Heavy Species Transport

Fick's Law

Global Modeling

Mixture-Averaged

Electron Energy Distribution Function

Druyvesteyn

Generalized

Maxwellian

User Defined

Electron Energy Models

Energy Equation

Fixed Mean Electron Energy

Local Field Approximation

Electron Impact Reaction

Specify with Arrhenius Coefficients

Specify with Cross-section Data

Specify with Look-up Tables

Specify with Rate Constant

Specify with Townsend Coefficients

Ion Mobility Models

Automatic from Diffusivity

Dalgarno

High Field Limit

Lookup Table

User Defined

RF and Optics

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes

Adaptive Frequency Sweep

Boundary Mode Analysis

Eigenfrequency

Frequency Domain

Frequency-Domain Modal

Wavelength Domain

Electromagnetic Waves, Frequency Domain

Adaptive Frequency Sweep

Boundary Mode Analysis

Eigenfrequency

Frequency Domain

Frequency-Domain Modal

Mode Analysis

Wavelength Domain

Electromagnetic Waves, Time Explicit

Time Dependent

Time Dependent with FFT

Electromagnetic Waves, Transient

Eigenfrequency

Time Dependent

Time Dependent with FFT

Time-Dependent Modal

Geometrical Optics

Bidirectionally Coupled Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing

Transmission Line

Eigenfrequency

Frequency Domain

Boundary Conditions

Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes

Electric Field

Field Continuity

Magnetic Field

Matched Boundary Condition

Perfect Electric Conductor

Perfect Magnetic Conductor

Periodic Condition

Port

Scattering Boundary Condition

Surface Current

Electromagnetic Waves, Frequency Domain

Electric Field

Lumped Element

Lumped Port, Including Connection to Electrical Circuit

Magnetic Field

Perfect Electric Conductor

Perfect Magnetic Conductor

Periodic Condition

Port

Scattering Boundary Condition

Surface Current Density

Two-Port Network

Impedance Boundary Condition

Transition Boundary Condition

Electromagnetic Waves, Time Explicit

Electric Field

Flux/Source

Low-Reflecting Boundary

Magnetic Field

Perfect Electric Conductor

Perfect Magnetic Conductor

Surface Current Density

Electromagnetic Waves, Transient

Lumped Element

Lumped Port, Including Connection to Electrical Circuit

Magnetic Field

Perfect Electric Conductor

Perfect Magnetic Conductor

Periodic Condition

Scattering Boundary Condition

Surface Current

Geometrical Optics

Accumulator

Circular Wave Retarder

Deposited Ray Power

Grating with Diffraction Orders

Ideal Depolarizer

Linear Polarizer

Linear Wave Retarder

Material Discontinuity

Mirror

Mueller Matrix

Ray Detector

Thin Dielectric Film

Wall

Transmission Line

Absorbing Boundary

Incoming Wave

Lumped Port

Open Circuit

Short Circuit

Terminating Impedance

Consitutive Relations

Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes

Anisotropic Material

Conduction

Linearized Resistivity

Electric Displacement

Debye Dispersion

Dielectric Losses

Drude-Lorentz Dispersion

Loss Tangent

Refractive Index

Relative Permittivity

Sellmeier Dispersion

Magnetic Constitutive Relation

Magnetic Losses

Relative Permeability

Electromagnetic Waves, Frequency Domain

Anisotropic Material

Porous Media and Mixture Materials

Conduction

Archie’s Law

Linearized Resistivity

Electric Displacement

Debye Dispersion

Dielectric Losses

Drude-Lorentz Dispersion

Loss Tangent

Refractive Index

Relative Permittivity

Sellmeier Dispersion

Magnetic Constitutive Relation

Magnetic Losses

Relative Permeability

Electromagnetic Waves, Time Explicit

Anisotropic Material

Electromagnetic Waves, Transient

Anisotropic Material

Porous Media and Mixture Materials

Conduction

Archie’s Law

Linearized Resistivity

Electric Displacement

Drude-Lorentz Dispersion Model

Polarization

Refractive Index

Relative Permittivity

Remanent Electric Displacement

Magnetic Constitutive Relation

Magnetization

Relative Permeability

Remanent Flux Density

Lumped Parameters

Touchstone File Export

S-Parameter Matrix Calculation

Material Library

Optical

Pair, Edge, and Point Conditions

Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes

Continuity (pair)

Electric Field (pair)

Perfect Electric Conductor (pair)

Perfect Magnetic Conductor (pair)

Surface Current (pair)

Electromagnetic Waves, Frequency Domain

Continuity (pair)

Edge Current (edge)

Electric Field (pair)

Electric Point Dipole (point)

Magnetic Current (edge)

Magnetic Point Dipole (point)

Perfect Electric Conductor (pair)

Perfect Magnetic Conductor (pair)

Surface Current (pair)

Electromagnetic Waves, Time Explicit

Continuity (pair)

Electromagnetic Waves, Transient

Continuity (pair)

Edge Current (edge)

Electric Point Dipole (point)

Magnetic Point Dipole (point)

Perfect Electric Conductor (pair)

Perfect Magnetic Conductor (pair)

Surface Current (pair)

Transmission Line

Continuity (pair)

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Ray Heating

Ray Properties and Releases

Geometrical Optics

Auxiliary Dependent Variables

Calculation of Ray Intensity and Polarization

Corrections for Strongly Absorbing Media

Illuminated Surface

Inlet

Nonlocal Accumulator

Optical Path Length Calculation

Phase Calculation

Photometric Data Import

Ray Detector

Ray Properties

Ray Termination

Ray Tracing in Unmeshed Domains

Release

Release from Data File

Release from Edge

Release from Point

Solar Radiation

Ray Release Distributions

Release from Grid

Results and Visualization

2D Histogram

Aberration Evaluation

Far Field (plot)

Interference Pattern

Intersection Point 2D (data set)

Intersection Point 3D (data set)

Optical Aberration

Phase Portrait

Poincaré Map

Ray (data set)

Ray (plot)

Ray Evaluation

Ray Trajectories

Smith (plot)

Volumetric Domain Properties

2D and Axisymmetric Electric Formulations

In-Plane Vector

Out-of-Plane Vector

Three-Vector

Electromagnetic Waves, Beam Envelopes

Infinite Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layer

Polarization

Wave Equation, Beam Envelopes

Electromagnetic Waves, Frequency Domain

External Current Density

Infinite Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layer

Polarization

Far-Field Domain

Wave Equation, Electric

Electromagnetic Waves, Time Explicit

Electric Current Desity

Infinite Domain Modeling with Absorbing Layer

Magnetic Current Density

Wave Equation, Electric and Magnetic

Electromagnetic Waves, Transient

Wave Equation, Electric

Geometrical Optics

Accumulator

Deposited Ray Power

Medium Properties

Ray Heat Source

Transmission Line

Transmission Line Equation

Semiconductor

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Schrödinger Equation

Semiconductor

Material Library

Aluminium Gallium Arsenide

Diamond

Gallium Antimonide

Gallium Arsenide

Gallium Nitride

Gallium Phosphide

Germanium

Indium Antimonide

Indium Arsenide

Indium Phosphide

Silicon

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Beam Envelopes¹

Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Frequency Domain¹

Schrödinger Equation Boundary Conditions

Zero Flux

Zero Probability

Open Boundary

Periodic Condition

Schrödinger Equation Volumetric Domain Properties

Effective Mass

Electron Potential Energy

Semiconductor Boundary Conditions

Surface Charge Density

Thin Insulator Gate

Continuity/Heterojunction

Electrostatics Boundary Conditions

Insulation

Insulator Interface

Metal Contact

Semiconductor Carrier Statistics

Fermi-Dirac

Maxwell-Boltzmann

Semiconductor Discretization

Finite Element

Finite Element (Log Equation Formulation)

Finite Volume

Semiconductor Volumetric Domain Properties

Electrostatics Domain Properties

Semiconductor Material Model

Doping

Analytic Doping Model

Geometric Doping Model

Generation-Recombination

Auger Recombination

Direct Recombination

Impact Ionization Generation

Shockley-Read-Hall Recombination

User-Defined Generation

User-Defined Recombination

Mobility Models

Arora Mobility Model

Caughey-Thomas Mobility Model

Fletcher Mobility Model

Lombardi Surface Mobility Model

Power Law Mobility Model

User Defined Mobility Model

Optoelectronics

Indirect Optical Transitions

Optical Transitions

Trap Density

Analytic Trap Density

Geometric Trap Density

Structural Mechanics

Physics Interfaces and Study Types

Beam

Beam Cross Section

Beam Rotor

Fatigue

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Lumped Mechanical System

Membrane

Multibody Dynamics

Plate

Poroelasticity

Shell

Solid Mechanics

Solid Rotor

Truss

Conditions on Surfaces

Beam Cross Section

Hole

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Bearing Orientation

Cavitation

Inlet

Outlet

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Moving Foundation

Journal Bearing Types

Elliptic

Multilobe

Plain

Split Halves

Tilted Pad

User Defined

Lubrication Types

Gas Lubrication (Modified Reynolds Equation)

Liquid Lubrication (Reynolds Equation)

Multiphysics Couplings

Beam Rotor Bearing Coupling

Solid Rotor Bearing Coupling

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Thrust Bearing Types

Tapered

Tilted Pad

User Defined

Membrane

Added Mass

Body Load

Face Load

Geometric Nonlinearity

Gravity

Rigid Motion Suppression

Creep

Hyperelastic Material

Linear Elastic Material

Nonlinear Elastic Material

Plasticity

Rotating Frame

Spring Foundation

Viscoelasticity

Viscoplasticity

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Follower Pressure Load

Roller

Contact

Fixed Constraint

Prescribed Displacement

Spring Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Solid-Beam Connection

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Solid-Shell Connection

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Thin Conductive Layer

Thin Piezoresistive Layer

Piezoresistivity, Shell¹

Damping¹

Linear Elastic Material, Shell and Plate¹

Thermal Expansion¹

Thin Conductive Layer¹

Thin Piezoresistive Layer¹

Shell and Plate

Added Mass

Body Load

Face Load

Geometric Nonlinearity

Gravity

Offset

Rigid Motion Suppression

Linear Elastic Material

Rigid Domain

Rotating Frame

Spring foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Shell-Beam Connection

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Solid-Shell Connection

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Antisymmetry

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Follower Pressure Load

Low-Reflecting Boundary

Prescribed Acceleration

Prescribed Velocity

Roller

Symmetry

Thin Elastic Layer

Contact

Fixed Constraint

Periodic Condition

Prescribed Displacement

Spring Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Acoustic-Structure Boundary

Fluid-Structure Interaction

Fluid-Structure Interaction, Fixed Geometry

Solid-Beam Connection

Solid-Shell Connection

Thermoacoustic-Structure Boundary

Solid Rotor

Added Mass

Applied Torque

Fixed Axial Rotation

Face Load with Total Force, Force per Area, and Pressure Load

Bearing Models

Force per Area

No Clearance

Plain Hydrodynamic

Total Force and Moment

Total Spring and Damping Constant

Bearing Types

Journal Bearing

Thrust Bearing

Radial Roller Bearing

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Moving Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Solid Rotor Bearing Coupling

Edge and Point Conditions

Beam

Added Mass

Geometric Nonlinearity

Gravity

No Rotation

Pinned

Point Mass

Prescribed Displacement/Rotation

Rigid Motion Suppression

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Cross-Section Data

Fixed Constraint

Linear Elastic Material

Rigid Domain

Rotating Frame

Spring Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Shell-Beam Connection

Solid-Beam Connection

Beam Rotor

Disk

Gravity

No Axial Vibration

No Torsion

Rotor Cross Section

Linear Elastic Material

Load with Total Force, and Force per Length

Bearing Models

No Clearance

Plain Hydrodynamic

Total Force and Moment

Total Spring and Damping Constant

Bearing Types

Journal Bearing

Thrust Bearing

Foundation Types

Flexible Foundation

Moving Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Beam Rotor Bearing Coupling

Hydrodynamic Bearing

Border

Inlet

Outlet

Symmetry

Wall

Membrane

Added Mass

Edge Load

Point Load

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Fixed Constraint

Prescribed Displacement

Spring Foundation

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Edge Load

Point Load

Fixed Constraint

Prescribed Displacement

Spring Foundation

Shell and Plate

Added Mass

Edge Force and Moment

No Rotation

Pinned

Point Force and Moment

Point Mass

Prescribed Displacement/Rotation

Simply Supported

Symmetry/Antisymmetry

Fixed Constraint

Periodic Condition

Spring Foundation

Multiphysics Couplings

Shell-Beam Connection

Solid-Shell Connection

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Edge Load

Point Load

Stress Linearization

Fixed Constraint

Prescribed Displacement

Spring Foundation

Truss

Added Mass

Cross-Section Data

Geometric Nonlinearity

Gravity

Point Mass

Rigid Motion Suppression

Straight-Edge Constraint

Linear Elastic Material

Pinned

Plasticity

Prescribed Displacement

Rotating Frame

Spring Foundation

Spring-Damper

Fatigue Evaluation

Vibration Fatigue

Cumulative Damage

Energy-Based

Strain-Based

Strain-Life

Stress-Based

Stress-Life

Lumped Mechanical System

Damper

Displacement Source

External Source

Force Source

Impedance

Mass

Spring

Subsystem Definition

Subsystem Instance

Terminals

Acceleration Node

Displacement Node

Fixed Node

Force Node

Free Node

Impedance Node

Velocity Node

Material Library

Piezoelectric

Piezoresistivity

Predefined Multiphysics Interfaces

Beam Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing

Electromechanics

Joule Heating and Thermal Expansion

Magnetostriction³

Piezoelectric Devices

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Piezoresistivity, Domain Currents

Piezoresistivity, Shell¹

Solid Rotor with Hydrodynamic Bearing

Thermal Stress

Thermoelasticity

Results and Visualization

Matrix Histogram

Principal Stress Surface

Principal Stress Volume

Whirl (plot)

Special Conditions

Beam

Attachment

Rigid Connector

Multibody Dynamics

Base Motion

Cam-Follower

Attachment

Rigid Connector

Spring-Damper

Gear Pair Conditions

Backlash

Friction

Gear Elasticity

Transmission Error

Gear Pairs

Gear Pair

Rack and Pinion

Worm and Wheel

Joint Conditions

Applied Force and Moment

Constraints

Friction

Locking

Spring and Damper

Joint Elasticity

Prescribed Motion

Joints

Ball Joint

Cylindrical Joint

Distance Joint

Fixed Joint

Hinge Joint

Planar Joint

Prismatic Joint

Reduced Slot Joint

Screw Joint

Slot Joint

Universal Joint

Shell

Attachment

Rigid Connector

Solid Mechanics

Attachment

Bolt Pre-Tension

Bolt Thread Contact

Rigid Connector

Solid Rotor

Gear Pair¹

Volumetric Domain Properties

Geometric Nonlinearity

Infinite Domain Modeling with Infinite Elements

Infinite Domain Modeling with Perfectly Matched Layers

Initial Stress and Strain Tensors

Joule Heating Model for Thermal Expansion

Beam Cross Section

Safety

Multibody Dynamics

Added Mass

Body Load

Gravity

Initially Rigid

Rigid Motion Suppression

Initial Values

Rotating Frame

Constitiutive Relations

Gears

Linear Elastic

Rigid Domain

Multiphysics Couplings

Solid-Beam Connection

Solid-Shell Connection

Temperature Coupling

Thermal Expansion

Piezoresistivity, Boundary Currents

Damping and Loss

Thermal Expansion

Constitutive Relations

Linear Elastic Material, Structural Mechanics

Piezoresistivity, Domain Currents

Damping and Loss

Thermal Expansion

Constitutive Relations

Conductive Material

Linear Elastic Material, Structural Mechanics

Piezoresistive Material

Poroelasticity

Porous Media and Subsurface Flow

Darcy's Law and Biot Poroelasticity

Solid Mechanics

Isotropic Poroelastic Material

Solid Mechanics

Added Mass

Body Load

Gravity

Rigid Motion Suppression

Rotating Frame

Constitutive Relations

External Stress-Strain Relation

Concrete

Creep

Elastoplastic Soil Material

Hyperelastic Material

Linear Elastic Material

Magnetostrictive Material¹

Nonlinear Elastic Material

Piezoelectric Material

Plasticity

Porous Plasticity

Rigid Domain

Rocks

Shape Memory Alloy

Soil Plasticity

Viscoelasticity

Viscoplasticity

Multiphysics Couplings

Hygroscopic Swelling

Magnetostriction³

Piezoelectric Effect

Poroelasticity

Solid-Bearing Coupling

Temperature Coupling

Thermal Expansion

Space Dimension

2D Axisymmetric

2D Generalized Plane Strain

2D Plane Strain

2D Plane Stress

Solid Rotor

Added Mass

Gravity

Spin Softening

Body Load

Creep¹

Gears¹

Linear Elastic Material

Plasticity¹

Rigid Domain

Viscoelasticity

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Available in the Chemistry interface and the Reaction Engineering interface
This feature requires the AC/DC Module and one of the Structural Mechanics Module, MEMS Module, or Acoustics Module

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AC/DC

Acoustics

Chemical

Electrochemistry

Fluid Flow

Heat Transfer

Mathematics

Plasma

RF and Optics

Semiconductor

Structural Mechanics