Application Examples - SUMMARY

A summary of all the Application Examples available are listed here. They indicate which packages are used, and also whether a Model file is available (contact us to obtain the model if you are eligible).

Magnetic = Simcenter MAGNET
Electric = Simcenter MAGNET Electric
Thermal = Simcenter MAGNET Thermal
Optimisation = Simcenter MAGNET Design Optimation

Brushless DC Motors - IPM

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Calculating the steady-state ohmic and core losses in a BLDC motor with temperature effects	Yes	Yes		Yes
Advanced optimization of an IPM machine	Yes	Yes			Yes
Core loss and efficiency calculations	Yes	Yes			Yes
Demagnetization of permanent magnet motors	Yes	Yes
Co-simulating current vector control of an IPM motor	Yes	Yes				PSIM
IPM motor with vector control in Simulink	Yes	Yes				Simulink
Ensuring electric machine efficiency		Yes			Yes
Optimizing electromechanical and control circuit parameters of brushless motors		Yes			Yes	PSIM
Iron loss calculations in laminated structures		Yes
Vibrations in electric motors - MpCCI FSIMapper case study		Yes				MpCCI, FSI Mapper, Nastran

Brushless DC Motors - SPM

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Minimizing the cogging torque in a brushless DC motor	Yes	Yes			Yes
Cogging torque in a skewed brushless DC motor		Yes
Brushless motor design with Simcenter Motorsolve						MotorSolve
Simulating a Halbach cylinder servo motor		Yes
Reducing the eddy-current losses in permanent magnets by segmentation		Yes

Induction Motors

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Three-phase induction motor startup	Yes	Yes
Single-phase induction motor (T.E.A.M. Problem 30B)	Yes	Yes
Accurately modelling the skewed rotor of an induction motor	Yes	Yes
Axial flux disk induction machine	Yes	Yes
Simulating a skewed induction machine in 2D		Yes
Reducing the start-up transients of an induction motor		Yes

Switched Reluctance Motors

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Switched reluctance motor: comparing FEA with RSM	Yes	Yes
Nonlinear time-transient in switched reluctance motors (T.E.A.M. Problem 24)	Yes	Yes
SRM design optimization		Yes			Yes
Design and analysis of a switched reluctance motor		Yes

Stepper Motors

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Analyzing the internal mechanics of a watch stepper motor	Yes	Yes
Bearing friction damping in a stepper motor		Yes

Axial Flux Motors

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Axial flux motor	Yes	Yes
Axial flux disk induction machine	Yes	Yes

Claw Pole Alternators

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Simulating a claw-pole alternator in an automobile electrical system environment	Yes	Yes
Current distribution in a claw-pole alternator		Yes
Creating a VHDL-AMS model of a claw-pole alternator		Yes

Transformers

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Field loss in power transformer (T.E.A.M. Problem 21a)	Yes	Yes
Stray-field loss in power transformer	Yes	Yes
Three-phase transformer	Yes	Yes
Improved iron loss prediction in transformers	Yes	Yes
Transformer bushings	Yes		Yes
Field loss in power transformer (T.E.A.M. Problem 21)		Yes
Stray loss reduction of a power transformer by employing wall shunts		Yes
Ohmic losses in transformer clamping plates		Yes

Actuators

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Response surface modeling of an actuator in Simulink®	Yes	Yes				System Model Generator, Simulink
Actuator with Diode	Yes	Yes
Creating a response surface model of an actuator for multi-discipline design in SystemVision	Yes	Yes				System Model Generator, SystemVision

Loadspeakers

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Analyzing a loudspeaker design	Yes	Yes
Loudspeaker optimization: minimal mass with 1.8 T flux density	Yes	Yes			Yes
Analyzing a loudspeaker's voice coil response to a signal		Yes

Induction Heating

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Induction heating of a workpiece past the Curie point	Yes	Yes		Yes
Coil size optimization - induction heating	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes

Sensors

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Detecting flaws and nondestructive evaluation (T.E.A.M. Problem 15)	Yes	Yes
Design optimization of an NDT sensor probe	Yes	Yes			Yes
Position and speed of metal components measured with variable reluctance sensor	Yes	Yes
Eddy current NDT and deep flaws (T.E.A.M. Problem 27)		Yes
Detecting a crack - a problem in N.D.T. (T.E.A.M. Problem 8)		Yes
Using the mesh layers feature on nondestructive testing problems		Yes

Electric Fields

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
An electrostatic simulation of a surge arrester	Yes		Yes
Minimising electric field stress in surge arresters	Yes		Yes		Yes
Thermal characteristics of a 330 KV surge arrester	Yes		Yes	Yes
Simulating particle filtration with an electrostatic precipitator	Yes		Yes			Trajectory Evaluator
Electric field due to a pulsed voltage source			Yes
Simulating a cyclic electron path in a magnetron		Yes	Yes			Trajectory Evaluator
Simulating a charged particle entering a quadrupole ion trap			Yes			Trajectory Evaluator
Gas Insulated Switch		Yes	Yes	Yes

Various

Application Name	Model Available	Magnetic	Electric	Thermal	Optimisation	Other
Optimization of a die press (T.E.A.M. Problem 25)	Yes	Yes			Yes
Demonstrating a variation of the MagLev suspension system	Yes	Yes
Simulating Multiple Moving Parts of a Magnetic Gear	Yes	Yes
Boost converter inductor analysis	Yes	Yes