To apply the electrical boundary conditions on the ceramics, select the Lines tab, and then Electric Potential in the drop-down list.
First, apply the Forced condition on the hot electrodes. The Amplitude and Phase of the harmonic signal are 1V and 0º, respectively.
By using a 1V excitation, the results we will obtain (displacement, stress, and pressure) will be per volt. Note that the results computed by ATILA are proportional to the magnitude of the input signal because a linear formulation is used. This means that an input of 100V generates displacements, for instance, 100 times larger than with 1V.

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