Litz wire

Natto
Natto Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

How to model Litz wire (stranded wires) in Altair Feko or Flux?

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  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited July 2020

    You would have to model the wires physically, i.e. drawing multiple lines (which will mesh into wires). Depending on the length and number of wires, it could turn out to be computationally expensive.

     

    Note that the mesh length for the wires should be similar to the spacing between the wires.
    Also note that the wire segments only model axially flowing current. If there are secondary effects such as currents varying across the cross section of the wire, this effect would be ignored.

     

    My understanding is these Litz wires are used at low frequencies. I would recommend that you also post this question in the Flux forum here. 

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