Maxwell 3D Transient

Ansoft Corporation
Pittsburgh, Sept. 2001
 Material Boundary
Boundary
Material
••nonlinear ••HHfield
field
nonlinear
••permanent ••insulating
permanentmagnet
magnet insulating
••anisotropy ••symmetry
anisotropy(linear)
(linear) symmetry
••perfect ••matching
perfectconductor
conductor matching

Solution
Solutionsetup
setup Source
Source
••eddy
eddyeffect
effect ••current
currentdensity
density
••force
force/ /torque
torque 3D
3D Transient
Transient ••current
current
••core
coreloss
loss ••voltage
voltage
••restart
restart ••external
external

Circuit
Circuit Winding
Winding
••direct
directcoupling
coupling ••solid
solid
••internal,
internal,or
or ••stranded
stranded
••external
external(Schematic)
(Schematic) ••arbitrary
arbitraryconfiguration
configuration
What can we get?

3D Transient + Schematic

Data Plot
Field Plot • winding current
• B vector • winding induced voltage
• H vector • winding flux linkage
• J vector • ohmic power loss
• various energies • core loss (include hysteresis)
• macro support • torque / force (multi groups)
• at any specified instant • input source
• branch current
• node voltage
Test Problem Compared
with RZ Model
coil
core Current tds3d
rz2d
plate

Induced Voltage tds3d

rz2d

yoke
(magnet)
Examine Induced Eddy
Current Source Current t = 0.025

Induced Eddy Current

3D Transient with Schematic
FEA internally coupled
with circuit elements

Coupled with external circuits using Schematic

Rectifier Circuit

Three phase power transformer

B Vector Plot

t = 0.008

t = 0.011
Simulation Results
Secondary winding current

Outputvoltage
Output voltagefrom
fromrectifier
rectifier

Induced voltage

Current

Notch caused by
switching on-off
 hysteresis loss eddy loss excess loss

w Applicable to Electric Steel and Power Ferrite

w Consider hysteresis minor loop

w Based on available manufacturer coefficients

Device Geometry and Source
Peak

Aluminum
cylinder

Coil
Source current
Force distribution on Aluminum
Cylinder (N/m3)
Force distribution on the Coil
Current distribution in the
Aluminum Cylinder
Vector plot of Induced Current in
Aluminum Cylinder
Eddy Currents Induced in an
Aluminum Plate
Coil

Aluminum Plate

Time average values:

Power loss (eddy solver) = 4.60 W

Power loss (transient) = 4.46 W

 Position sensor analysis
Magnetic flux density plot
Eddy currents in the core

Permanent magnet

Coil (2 KHz)
Permeable core
(0.15 mm thick)