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Publication date: 19 May 2020

Gerard Meunier, Quang-Anh Phan, Olivier Chadebec, Jean-Michel Guichon, Bertrand Bannwarth and Riccardo Torchio

This paper aims to study unstructured-partial element equivalent circuit (PEEC) method for modelling electromagnetic regions with surface impedance condition (SIBC) is proposed…

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to study unstructured-partial element equivalent circuit (PEEC) method for modelling electromagnetic regions with surface impedance condition (SIBC) is proposed. Two coupled circuits representations are used for solving both electric and/or magnetic effects in thin regions discretized by a finite element surface mesh. The formulation is applied in the context of low frequency problems with volumic magnetic media and coils. Non simply connected regions are treated with fundamental branch independent loop matrices coming from the circuit representation.

Design/methodology/approach

Because of the use of Whitney face elements, two coupled circuits representations are used for solving both electric and/or magnetic effects in thin regions discretized by a finite element surface mesh. The air is not meshed.

Findings

The new surface impedance formulation enables the modeling of volume conductive regions to efficiently simulate various devices with only a surface mesh.

Research limitations/implications

The propagation effects are not taken into account in the proposed formulation.

Originality/value

The formulation is original and is efficient for modeling non simply connected conductive regions with the use of SIBC. The unstructured PEEC SIBC formulation has been validated in presence of volume magnetic nonconductive region and compared with a SIBC FEM approach. The computational effort is considerably reduced in comparison with volume approaches.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering , vol. 39 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 17 March 2016

Trung-Son Nguyen, Tung Le Duc, Son Thanh Tran, Jean-Michel Guichon and Olivier Chadebec

To synthesize equivalent circuit obtained from reduced order model of large scale inductive PEEC circuits.

Abstract

Purpose

To synthesize equivalent circuit obtained from reduced order model of large scale inductive PEEC circuits.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper describes an original approach for reducing and synthesizing large parasitic RLM electrical circuits coming from inductive Partial Element Equivalent Circuit (PEEC) models. The proposed technique enables the re-use of the reduced order model in the time domain circuit simulation context.

Findings

The paper shows how to use a synthesis method to realize an equivalent circuit issued from compressed PEEC circuits.

Originality/value

The coupling between methods PEEC and a compressed method as Fast Multipole Method (FMM) in order to reduce time and space consuming are well-known. The innovation here is to realise a smaller circuit equivalent with the original large scale PEEC circuits to use in temporal simulation tools. Moreover, this synthesis method reduces time and memories for modelling industrial application while maintaining high accuracy.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering , vol. 35 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

Article
Publication date: 1 January 2013

Tung Le‐Duc, Olivier Chadebec, Jean‐Michel Guichon, Gérard Meunier and Yves Lembeey

The aim of this paper is to model time‐harmonic problems in unbounded domains with coils of complex geometry and ferromagnetic materials.

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to model time‐harmonic problems in unbounded domains with coils of complex geometry and ferromagnetic materials.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach takes the form of a coupling between two integrals methods: the magnetic moment method (MMM) and the partial element equivalent circuit (PEEC) method. The modeling of conductor system is achieved thanks to PEEC method while the MMM method is considered for the magnetic material.

Findings

The paper shows how to use the MMM/PEEC coupled method to model a problem comprising conductors and ferromagnetic materials and compare its results with the FEM and the FEM/PEEC coupling.

Originality/value

The two methods PEEC and MMM are well‐known. The innovation here is coupling these methods in order to take advantages from both methods. Moreover, the performances of this coupling are studied in comparison with others (FEM, FEM/PEEC coupling).

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 32 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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