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Article
Publication date: 1 February 1982

I. MAYERGOYZ

New iteration methods for the calculation of steady magnetic fields in saturable media are presented. These methods converge for any choice of initial approximation, that is they…

Abstract

New iteration methods for the calculation of steady magnetic fields in saturable media are presented. These methods converge for any choice of initial approximation, that is they possess global convergence. The convergence conditions and the estimates of convergence rate of these methods are expressed in terms of the physical properties of ferromagnetic media. Each of the proposed methods is deliberately adapted to specific but typical saturation conditions. All these methods together cover the broad area of diverse saturation conditions encountered in practice. The construction and justification of these iteration methods are based on the physical concept of secondary sources and on some mathematical ideas and results arising in the overlapping area of mathematical physics and functional analysis.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 1 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

Article
Publication date: 8 August 2019

Michael Nierla, Michael Loeffler, Manfred Kaltenbacher and Stefan Johann Rupitsch

The numerical computation of magnetization processes in moving and rotating assemblies requires the usage of vector hysteresis models. A commonly used model is the so-called…

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Purpose

The numerical computation of magnetization processes in moving and rotating assemblies requires the usage of vector hysteresis models. A commonly used model is the so-called Mayergoyz vector Preisach model, which applies the scalar Preisach model into multiple angles of the halfspace. The usage of several scalar models, which are optionally weighted differently, enables the description of isotropic as well as anisotropic materials. The flexibility is achieved, however, at the cost of multiple scalar model evaluations. For solely isotropic materials, two vector Preisach models, based on an extra rotational operator, might offer a lightweight alternative in terms of evaluation cost. The study aims at comparing the three mentioned models with respect to computational efficiency and practical applicability.

Design/methodology/approach

The three mentioned vector Preisach models are compared with respect to their computational costs and their representation of magnetic polarization curves measured by a vector vibrating sample magnetometer.

Findings

The results prove the applicability of all three models to practical scenarios and show the higher efficiency of the vector models based on rotational operators in terms of computational time.

Originality/value

Although the two vector Preisach models, based on an extra rotational operator, have been proposed in 2012 and 2015, their practical application and inversion has not been tested yet. This paper not only shows the usability of these particular vector Preisach models but also proves the efficiency of a special stageless evaluation approach that was proposed in a former contribution.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering , vol. 38 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 1 February 2022

Michael Nierla, Manfred Kaltenbacher and Stefan Johann Rupitsch

A major purpose of vector hysteresis models lies in the prediction of power losses under rotating magnetic fields. The well-known vector Preisach model by Mayergoyz has been shown…

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Purpose

A major purpose of vector hysteresis models lies in the prediction of power losses under rotating magnetic fields. The well-known vector Preisach model by Mayergoyz has been shown to well predict such power losses at low amplitudes of the applied field. However, in its original form, it fails to predict the reduction of rotational power losses at high fields. In recent years, two variants of a novel vector Preisach model based on rotational operators have been published and investigated with respect to general accuracy and performance. This paper aims to examine the capabilities of the named vector Preisach models in terms of rotational hysteresis loss calculations.

Design/methodology/approach

In a first step, both variants of the novel rotational operator-based vector Preisach model are tested with respect to their overall capability to prescribe rotational hysteresis losses. Hereby, the direct influence of the model-specific parameters onto the computable losses is investigated. Afterward, it is researched whether there exists an optimized set of parameters for these models that allows the matching of measured rotational hysteresis losses.

Findings

The theoretical investigations on the influence of the model-specific parameters onto the computable rotational hysteresis losses showed that such losses can be predicted in general and that a variation of these parameters allows to adapt the simulated loss curves in both shape and amplitude. Furthermore, an optimized parameter set for the prediction of the named losses could be retrieved by direct matching of simulated and measured loss curves.

Originality/value

Even though the practical applicability and the efficiency of the novel vector Preisach model based on rotational operators has been proven in previous publications, its capabilities to predict rotational hysteresis losses has not been researched so far. This publication does not only show the general possibility to compute such losses with help of the named vector Preisach models but also in addition provides a routine to derive an optimized parameter set, which allows an accurate modeling of actually measured loss curves.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering , vol. 41 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 1 February 1987

Michael GAITAN and Isaak D. MAYERGOYZ

The development of a numerical implementation of the small signal response of the MOS (Metal‐Oxide‐Silicon) capacitor using time perturbation analysis is discussed. The effects of…

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The development of a numerical implementation of the small signal response of the MOS (Metal‐Oxide‐Silicon) capacitor using time perturbation analysis is discussed. The effects of nonconstant doping profiles and interface and bulk traps are included. The model uses Fermi‐Dirac statistics to describe the occupancy of the interface and bulk traps. The oxide region is considered to have no mobile carriers and any fixed oxide charge distribution is modeled as a charge sheet at the Si‐SiO2 interface. This technique can be used to find the small signal response of the device from the static solution.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

Article
Publication date: 19 June 2007

Giovanni Miano, Fabio Villone and Walter Zamboni

To study optical resonances in metallic nanoparticles.

Abstract

Purpose

To study optical resonances in metallic nanoparticles.

Design/methodology/approach

The metallic nanoparticle is modeled as a dielectric body dispersive in frequency with assigned dielectric constant. The electric field is expressed as function of the charge distribution through an integral formulation. By imposing the boundary conditions on the nanoparticle surface, the equations for the induced charge in the nanoparticle is obtained. The numerical solution of such equations allows to treat arbitrary geometries and to estimate the effects of deviations from ideality on the resonance values.

Findings

Plasmon resonances in metallic nanoparticles can be safely studied with an electro‐quasistatic approximation. The resonance frequencies depend greatly on the details of the geometry of the nanoparticles.

Research limitations/implications

The free‐space wavelength is supposed to be much greater than the largest characteristic dimension of the nanoparticles. Consequently, a electro‐quasistatic model is used to evaluate the distribution of the charges induced in the metallic nanoparticle.

Originality/value

Two methods are presented for the evaluation of the resonance frequencies starting from the numerical solution for a given geometry.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 8 March 2011

Miklós Kuczmann

The purpose of this paper is to present a Preisach model to simulate the vector hysteresis properties of ferromagnetic materials.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a Preisach model to simulate the vector hysteresis properties of ferromagnetic materials.

Design/methodology/approach

The vector behavior has been studied at low frequency applying a single‐sheet tester with a round‐shaped specimen, and the locus of the magnetic flux density vector has been controlled by a digital measurement system. An inverse vector Preisach hysteresis model has been developed and identified by using the measured data.

Findings

Finally, the inverse model has been inserted into a finite element procedure through the combination of the fixed point technique and the reduced magnetic scalar potential formulation. The developed single‐sheet tester measurement system has been simulated. The applicability of the realized measurement system as well as the developed model has been proven by comparing measured and simulated results.

Originality/value

The identification technique is original, based on a previous work of the author.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 30 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 28 October 2014

Miklós Kuczmann

The purpose of this paper is to develop a viscous-type frequency dependent scalar Preisach hysteresis model and to identify the model using measured data and nonlinear numerical…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop a viscous-type frequency dependent scalar Preisach hysteresis model and to identify the model using measured data and nonlinear numerical field analysis. The hysteresis model must be fast and well applicable in electromagnetic field simulations.

Design/methodology/approach

Iron parts of electrical machines are made of non-oriented isotropic ferromagnetic materials. The finite element method (FEM) is usually applied in the numerical field analysis and design of this equipment. The scalar Preisach hysteresis model has been implemented for the simulation of static and dynamic magnetic effects inside the ferromagnetic parts of different electrical equipment.

Findings

The comparison between measured and simulated data using a toroidal core shows a good agreement. A modified nonlinear version of TEAM Problem No. 30.a is also shown to test the hysteresis model in the FEM procedure.

Originality/value

The dynamic model is an extension of the static one; an extra magnetic field intensity term is added to the output of the static inverse model. This is a viscosity-type dynamic model. The fixed-point method with stable scheme has been realized to take frequency dependent anomalous losses into account in FEM. This scheme can be used efficiently in the frame of any potential formulations of Maxwell's equations.

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COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 33 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 1 January 1993

Bruno Amable, Jérôme Henry, Frédéric Lordon and Richard Topol

Hysteresis is one of the main concepts used in Layard, Nickell andJackman′s book, Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and theLabour Market. Attempts to clarify the concept of…

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Hysteresis is one of the main concepts used in Layard, Nickell and Jackman′s book, Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market. Attempts to clarify the concept of hysteresis, from its formal representation to its empirical applications. Emphasizes the idea that hysteresis refers back to a given set of formal properties, independently of the phenomenologies within which it is liable to be encountered. In economics, the fields concerned may indeed vary a lot (labour market, foreign trade, etc.). By highlighting all the formal properties of hysteresis, shows how the assimilation of phenomena characterized by a zero eigenvalue for linear systems (or unit‐root systems for discrete‐time processes) is wrong and, moreover, how the imprecise use of the concepts can lead to the particular constraints affecting unit‐root econometrics being overlooked.

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 20 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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Article
Publication date: 1 September 1999

Carlo Ragusa and Maurizio Repetto

The implementation of a vector Preisach model for the modelling of anisotropic hysteretic soft magnetic materials is outlined. Some comparisons with measurements on alternate and…

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The implementation of a vector Preisach model for the modelling of anisotropic hysteretic soft magnetic materials is outlined. Some comparisons with measurements on alternate and rotational magnetic field excitations are shown. The hysteresis model is inserted inside a two‐dimensional finite element solver formulated in terms of magnetic vector potential and nonlinear solution is handled by means of the fixed point method with H‐scheme. Results obtained on a two‐dimensional geometry are described and discussed.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 18 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 19 June 2007

G. Miano, G. Rubinacci and A. Tamburrino

The paper is focused on the numerical modelling of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and metallic nanoparticle.

Abstract

Purpose

The paper is focused on the numerical modelling of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and metallic nanoparticle.

Design/methodology/approach

A full‐wave solution of the field problem is modelled in terms of an integral equation where the unknown is the displacement current. For treating nanoparticles having sizes smaller than the relevant wavelength, particular care is devoted to the choice of the discrete representation of the unknown in view of the condition number of the resulting linear system of equations.

Findings

A critical analysis of the issues to be considered for developing a proper numerical model of the problem is presented. Specifically, it is shown that the electric field inside the nanoparticle is not purely irrotational, as usually assumed in the widespread models based on the electrostatic approximation.

Originality/value

The proposed formulation is applied for the first time to the problem of evaluating the interaction between electromagnetic fields and metallic nanoparticle.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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