COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering: Volume 20 Issue 2

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A fast 3D eddy current integral formulation

R. Albanese, G. Rubinacci, A. Tamburrino, S. Ventre, F. Villone

In this paper we present a fast method for the computation of matrix‐by‐vector products arising from the discretization of an integral formulation of the three‐dimensional eddy…

3D eddy current FE analysis of electromechanical devices

Aldo Canova, Marco Ottella, Roger John Hill‐Cottingham

Presents the use of a 3D eddy current FE procedure for the analysis and design of two different induction machine structures: a radial and an axial machine. In the first case…

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Analysis of magnetostatic field for some class of inhomogeneous problems by BEM

Eugeniusz Kurgan

Presents an application of the boundary element method to the analysis of magnetic fields in materials for which permeability depends non‐linearly on spatial co‐ordinates. A new…

Edge element multigrid solution of non‐linear magnetostatic problems

Bernhard Weiß, Oszkár Bíró

A geometric multigrid (MG) method for the efficient solution of 3D non‐linear magnetostatic field problems is presented. A finite element method (FEM) with edge elements is used…

Advanced FI2TD algorithms for transient eddy current problems

Markus Clemens, Markus Wilke, Thomas Weiland

Transient eddy current formulations based on the Finite Integration Technique (FIT) for the magneto‐quasistatic regime are extended to include motional induction effects of moving…

Field‐excited multiconductor transmission lines: a wavelet approach

S. Barmada, A. Musolino, M. Raugi

The analysis of multiconductor transmission lines excited by an electromagnetic field is investigated here by the use of the wavelet expansion. The exciting field is taken into…

Evaluation of transient field in unbounded dissipative media

Jarmila Dedkova, Libor Dedek, Juraj Valsa

A new finite element method (FEM) approach is used to evaluate transient electric field based on a surge wave in a dissipative open region. Instead of the solution of the basic…

Calculation of the field map from the measurement data of the fluxset sensor

József Pávó, Oszkár Bíró, Karl Hollaus

The relation between the output of the fluxset sensor and the magnetic field is established by the numerical and experimental investigation of an ECT set‐up. A fast calculation…

Triangle search method for nonlinear electromagnetic field computation

Irina Munteanu, Silvia Drobny, Thomas Weiland, Daniel Ioan

This paper presents a hybrid algorithm used, in conjunction with the Finite Integration Technique (FIT), for solving static and quasistatic electromagnetic field problems in…

Numerical calculation of total force upon permanent magnets using equivalent source methods

Federico Delfino, Andrea Manella, Paolo Molfino, Mansueto Rossi

The application of the equivalent source methods for the numerical calculation of the total magnetic force acting upon a permanent magnet is proposed. These methods are formulated…

Discontinuous finite element methods for the simulation of rotating electrical machines

P. Alotto, A. Bertoni, I. Perugia, D. Scho¨tzau

The capability of discontinuous finite element methods of handling non‐matching grids is exploited in the simulation of rotating electrical machines. During time stepping, the…

Electromagnetic analysis in devices with sliding contacts

Antonino Musolino

In this paper an integral formulation for the analysis of systems with moving conductors has been extended to take into account the presence of sliding contacts. The proposed…

Partial discharges in insulation of medium voltage systems

Igor Tičar, Jože Pihler, Oszkár Bíró, Kurt Preis

The term “partial discharges” (PD) is a common term for various phenomena: discharges at points or edges of cylindrical conductors, in gases and gas insulated devices, liquid…

An improved technique for enhancing diversity in Pareto evolutionary optimization of electromagnetic devices

P. Di Barba, M. Farina, A. Savini

When a multiobjective optimization problem is tackled using Pareto optima theory, particular care has to be taken to obtain a full sampling of the Pareto Optimal Front. This leads…

Hierarchical simulated annealing vs. a Gauss‐Newton scheme applying analytical Jacobians for the solution of a source current distribution problem

Bernhard Brandstätter, Christian Magele

Considers, without loss of generality, a simple linear problem, where in a certain domain the magnetic field, generated by infinitely long conductors, whose locations as well as…

Optimal design of an inductor for transverse flux heating using a combined evolutionary‐simplex method

M. Battistetti, P. Di Barba, F. Dughiero, M. Farina, S. Lupi, A. Savini

Transverse flux induction heating (TFH) is a process advantageously applied for the heat treatment of thin non‐ferrous metal strips. In comparison with the better known…

Optimal placement of probes in magnetostatic reconstruction ‐ The case of plasma identification in Tokamaks

A. Formisano, R. Martone, F. Trevisan

The applied research in the thermonuclear fusion area is directed towards the design of a commercial reactor. In such a reactor, the room required for the probes deputised to…

Strong coupled multi‐harmonic finite element simulation package

Herbert De Gersem, Hans Vande Sande, Kay Hameyer

The harmonic balanced finite element method offers a valuable alternative to the transient finite element method for the quasi‐static simulation of electromagnetic devices…

Fast field computations with the fast multipole method

André Buchau, Wolfgang Rieger, Wolfgang M. Rucker

The application of the fast multipole method reduces the computational costs and the memory requirements of the boundary element method from O(N2) to approximately O(N). In this…

Modified Bean model and FEM method combined for persistent current calculation in superconducting coils

C. Völlinger, M. Aleksa, S. Russenschuck

Field variations in the LHC superconducting magnets, e.g.during the ramping of the magnets, induce magnetization currents in the superconducting material, the so‐called persistent…

A comparison of 2D and 3D analysis methods for the prediction of cogging torque in an electrical machine having skewed slots

David A. Lowther, Behzad Forghani, Uday Deshpande

Two‐ and three‐dimensional computations of the cogging torque in a brushless dc motor are compared with measurements for both skewed and unskewed stators. The modeling of stator…

Multigrid methods for the computation of 3D electromagnetic field problems

M. Kaltenbacher, S. Reitzinger, M. Schinnerl, J. Schöberl, H. Landes

The focus of this paper is on the efficient numerical computation of 3D electromagnetic field problems by using the finite element (FE) and multigrid (MG) methods. The magnetic…

Verification of extended sources reconstruction techniques using a torso phantom

Hartmut Brauer, Marek Ziolkowski, Uwe Tenner, Jens Haueisen, Hannes Nowak

Applies four different minimum norm estimations with common regularization techniques, often used in biomedical applications to the solution of the biomagnetic inverse field…

Parallel field computation based on coupling of differential and integral methods

Volker Rischmüller, Stefan Kurz, Wolfgang M. Rucker

This paper deals with the coupling of a parallelized differential (FEM) and a parallelized integral approach (BEM) under control of a master process within the framework of a…

Numerical evaluation of electromagnetic field effects in electric arc furnaces

Florin David, Tiberiu Tudorache, Virgiliu Firteanu

This paper presents a 3D numerical modeling of electromagnetic and thermal fields in three‐phase electric arc furnaces. The thermal effect of the foamy slag is studied in the…

Numerical computation of the emitted noise of power transformers

M. Rausch, M. Kaltenbacher, H. Landes, R. Lerch

A recently developed calculation scheme for the numerical computation of the load‐controlled acoustic noise of power transformers is presented. This modeling scheme allows the…

Cover of COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering

ISSN:

0332-1649

Online date, start – end:

1982

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Jan Sykulski