Magnetic Analysis

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Summary
ANSYS Maxwell provides with the most efficient numerical
techniques for the type of engineering information
required by electrical machine design

Design Impact
Design for performance
Optimum design with high-fidelity insight
Magnetic modeling and motor performance prediction

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Application Example
Objective: Design for Performance
The ability to predict design performance based on
simple and precise simulations
ANSYS Solution - ANSYS Maxwell (2-D/-3D)
Automatic mesh generation and adaptive mesh
analysis to create simple, faster but precise
electromagnetic solutions
Dynamic effects on rigid motion with symmetries
Magnetic transient with embedded circuit
Design Impact
Faster transients and better mesh generate more
accurate and reliable solution for machine design
Enhance the accuracy of loss and force computation
Avoid unnecessary numerical noise in symmetric
model
Embedded electric circuit provides the motor design
with excitation parameters for a real drive condition
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Application Example
Objective: Optimum Design with High-Fidelity Insight
To provide systematic comparison for electric
machines with different topologies being capable of
performing rigorous performance calculations
including critical electromagnetic machine
parameters
ANSYS Solution
ANSYS Maxwell provides with rigorous 2-D/3-D FEA
HPC distributes parametrics and speeds up FE
simulation
ANSYS DesignXplorer for DOE and optimization
Design Impact
Improve performance and/or reduce cost
Suitable for most types of synchronous machines
One-to-two orders of magnitude reduction of
simulation time; days vs. months
Large scale optimization studies
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Application Example
Objective: Magnetic Modeling and Motor
Performance Prediction
Motion-induced physics caused by linear translational and
rotational motion, core loss calculation, advanced
hysteresis analysis & demagnetization of permanent
magnets are critical to predict high motor performances.
ANSYS Solution - ANSYS Maxwell (2-D/3-D)
Lamination core loss
Vector hysteresis
8
PM dynamic demagnetization
4
Design Impact
More accurate losses generates better efficiency prediction

B (kG)
0

PM demagnetization profile provides with insights on

12

10-4

magnetic material behavior reducing further maintenance

costs and optimize the PM volume
8

Loss (W) 6
-8

Reduced time computation by reducing the design space

-20 -10 0 10 20
4
H (O)
(due to lamination approach) 2
Core loss
Input power increase

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Time (ms)
25 30 35 40
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ANSYS Advantages
Minimal computational effort for large-scale Toyota Prius
optimization studies (thousands of candidate designs)
employing distributed option
Vector hysteresis modeling provides with:
Alternating and rotational magnetic field
Efficient memory usage
Easy to use
Adaptive mesh provides with simple and precise
simulations increasing the accuracy on loss
computation and efficiency prediction
Permanent magnet demagnetization approach
considers both magnetic field and temperature load
Core loss modeling accounts for nonlinear and
dynamic effects in laminated magnetic materials Sources: ANSYS and Oak Ridge National Lab

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