Electromagnetic, thermal, and structural analysis of RF cavities using ANSYS

We report on techniques developed for producing electromagnetic, thermal, and structural solutions to RF cavity design problems in ANSYS, using one model. Methods for preparing imported geometry from solid modeling programs are discussed, and meshing techniques are suggested. A study of mesh density is presented, comparing mesh size with heat flux and Q factor convergence. The general analysis protocol is presented in a stepwise fashion, describing the macros that are used for conducting RF calculations. Finally, these techniques are applied to a proposed RF cavity for the NLC damping rings, which is shown as an example.