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[Liam Clarkson]

Hi,

I'm a third year university student looking for a bit of help/guidance from those far more experienced than me.

I'm investigating using an electrostatic sensor to monitor the condition of internal combustion engine timing belts, which has been quite an interesting area of study. One of the areas my tutor suggested I need to expand upon however is a simulation rather than using a mathematical model.

Put simply, I want to look at the charge induced in the sensor by modifying the height from the belt and also the size of the sensor electrode itself.

I have looked for hours on YouTube and managed to mock up a simple model, but I am completely stuck on how to add excitations etc. in order to give a result or demonstrate a charge density in the sensor.

Would it be possible for someone to point me in the right direction please? Below is a mock up of my sensor arrangement, the black is the belt, the blue is air and the red is the sensor itself.

Thanks

Liam

[Aravind Babu]

Hello Liam,

You can refer to the courses Getting started with Maxwell and Actuators in the Ansys Learning hub using the link : Ansys Electronics Building - Ansys Learning Hub. Further you can also refer to Maxwell getting started guides 2D Magnetostatic solenoid problem and Transient problem in the Ansys help ->Maxwell PDFs and also the Maxwell Help > Maxwell Examples > Maxwell 2D and 3D Examples, these comes with the AnsysEM installation.