Flux - SimLab Tutorial : 2D SPM Motor Brushless

Yann_Le_Floch
Yann_Le_Floch
Altair Employee
edited November 25 in Altair HyperWorks

Description

This tutorial shows how to use SimLab to design and run electromagnetic analysis with Flux solver for electric motors. The studied device, a brushless DC motor with surface permanent magnet, includes the following elements:

  • a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings
  • an air gap
  • a movable part (rotor) with surfaced magnets

In this tutorial, three typical transient magnetic analyses are defined to evaluate the motor performance:

  • Analysis 1: Computation of the cogging torque
  • Analysis 2: Back Electromotive Force
  • Analysis 3: Constant speed

Note: The geometry model is built by the Sketch of SimLab

Analysis 1: Computation of the cogging torque

Analysis 2: Back Electromotive Force

Analysis 3: Constant speed

Example access

All files corresponding to this example are accessible with this link (for different version) :

Steps to follow : 

  • to follow the example step by step, the corresponding files are in "Example_name_StepByStep" folder containing:
    • Tutorial folder: contains the document describing the example step by step
    • InitialFiles folder: contains *.slb databases and files needed to build the example step by step
  • to play scripts and retrieve SimLab and Flux project, the corresponding files are in "Example_name_PlayScripts" folder containing:
    • ScriptsTutorial folder: contains script files to be able to play each analysis
    • Input folder: contains initial *.slb databases and all necessary files to play each analysis script
    • Output folder: empty (contains the obtained results after the script execution)