Running magnetostatic cmagnet simulation with Lagrange elements

Hello,

i would like to set up an educational example where i assume not knowing that for magnetostatics one should use H(Curl) elements. Also neglecting all the stuff about gauging and stabilization.

I used the cmagnet.py as reference and did the following changes:

fes = H1(mesh, order=2, dirichlet="outer")
a+= SymbolicBFI(nu*div(u)*div(v))

NGsolve tells me now that it cannot form div.
Isn’t that the same structure as for linear elasticity problems?
Am i missing a mathematical trap or am i treating the program wrong?

Thank you for that great software and your strong support!
With best regards

Hi,

if you define a H1 space, your test and trial functions are scalar.
Thus applying the divergence does not make much sense.

from netgen.geom2d import unit_square
from ngsolve import *

mesh = Mesh(unit_square.GenerateMesh(maxh=0.2))

fes = VectorH1(mesh,order=2) # has mesh.dim components
u,v = fes.TrialFunction(), fes.TestFunction()

print(u) # the trial function also has dim=mesh.dim

divu = div(u) # now you can apply the divergence
print(divu) # that's scalar again

Best,
Christoph

Ah, i see. Thank you for the good explanation! I thought the dimensions are set automatically in vector form also for the H1.