Electromagnetic modeling and analysis of an induction heating coil
Altair EmployeeInduction has been commonly used as a heating method in many industrial applications. A complete induction heating modeling and analysis process involves two physical aspects: electromagnetic-thermal coupling. This analysis case will present how to use the SimLab-EM solution to model an induction heating device and run a basic electromagnetic analysis.
Device modeling
As shown below, an induction heating device includes two parts:
Billet: which will be heated during the process
Inductor: which is supplied by the current source
Both parts can be modeled quickly and easily based on SimLab-Geometry.
After the geometry is created, SimLab-mesh provides a quick tool to create a skin effect mesh.
Electromagnetic analysis of induction heating requires circuit coupling, as shown in the figure below:
After solving the scenario, SimLab can provide some basic post-processing for the EM analysis, including the isovalue visualization.
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Example access
All files corresponding to this example are accessible with this link:
- For SimLab 2024.1: SL_2024_1_MAC3D_InductionHeating.zip
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