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3 Select Subdomain 1 and clear the Active in this domain check box.<br />

4 Select Subdomain 2 and click the Load button to open the Materials/Coefficients<br />

Library dialog box.<br />

5 Expand the Basic Material Properties library and choose the FR4 (Circuit Board)<br />

material. The PCB material of the microwave filter is not FR4 but its mechanical<br />

properties are used here as an approximation.<br />

6 Click OK to select the material for Subdomain 2 and to close the dialog box.<br />

7 Go to the Load page and type -Fload/3.357289e-6 in the Fz edit field.<br />

The denominator in this expression is the volume of the PCB board. You can<br />

calculate this by clicking the Geometric Properties toolbar button when Subdomain<br />

2 is selected, which is the PCB. The volume appears in the message log in the<br />

bottom of the main window, and then you can simply copy and paste it into the<br />

expression.<br />

8 Click OK to close the Subdomain Settings dialog box.<br />

Boundary Settings (Solid, Stress-Strain, sld)<br />

The port boundaries are mechanically attached to a surrounding structure and cannot<br />

move. You must therefore specify zero displacements for these boundaries.<br />

1 Open the Boundary Settings dialog box.<br />

2 Select Boundaries 10 and 16 (the port boundaries).<br />

3 Select the R x, R y, and R z check boxes to specify zero displacements in all directions.<br />

4 Click OK.<br />

COMPUTING THE SOLUTION<br />

Solver Manager<br />

1 From the Solve menu, choose Solver Manager.<br />

2 In the Solver Manager dialog box, locate the frame labeled Values of variables not<br />

solved for and linearization point. Then click the Current solution option button in<br />

that frame. This tells the solver to keep the solution for all variables that it does not<br />

solve for.<br />

3 Go to the Solve For page and select Solid, Stress-Strain (sld) and Moving Mesh (ALE)<br />

(ale). Make sure that Electromagnetic Waves (rfw) is not selected.<br />

4 Click OK.<br />

Solver Parameters<br />

1 From the Solve menu, choose Solver Parameters.<br />

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