Modelling of Electrical Machines Using Altair Tools

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Type of Electrical Machines Modelled in Altair FluxMotor

FluxMotor is a powerful simulation tool aids in electric motor design, analysis, and optimization within. It allows engineers to create, parameterize, and evaluate various motors like

• Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines- Inner Rotor/Outer Rotor
• Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor
• Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor
• Induction Machines with Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor/outer Rotor
• DC machines

Tests for Synchronous machines with Permanent Magnets– Inner rotor and outer rotor (SMPM-IR/OR)

Test family	Topology	Package	Convention	Test
Characterization	SMPM – IR/OR	Open circuit	Motor & Generator	Cogging torque
	SMPM – IR/OR	Open circuit	Motor & Generator	Back emf
	SMPM – IR/OR	Model	Motor	Maps
	SMPM – IR/OR	Datasheet	Motor	I-U
	SMPM – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Steady State
	SMPM – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Transient
	SMPM – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Fitting
Working point	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	I-Ψ-N
	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	T-N
	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	I-U
	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Generator	I-Ψ-N
	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Generator	R-L-N
	SMPM – IR/OR	Square wave	Motor	Forced I
Performance mapping	SMPM – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor & Generator	Efficiency map
Mechanics	SMPM – IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Work. Pt. I-Ψ-N
	SMPM – IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Spectrogram WP I-Ψ-N
	SMPM – IR	NVH	Motor	Spectrogram T-N

Tests for Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor (SMWF-ISP-IR)

Test family	Topology	Package	Convention	Test
Characterization	SMWF-ISP-IR	Open Circuit	Generator	No-load- Back EMF
	SMWF – ISP-IR	Model	Motor	Maps
Working point	SMWF – ISP-IR	Sine wave	Motor	I-Ψ-N
	SMWF – ISP-IR	Sine wave	Motor & Generator	P-PF-U-N
Performance mapping	SMWF – ISP-IR	Sine wave	Motor	Efficiency map
Mechanics	SMWF – ISP-IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Work. Pt. I-Ψ-N
	SMWF – ISP-IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Spectrogram WP I-Ψ-N

Tests for Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor (SMRSM – IR)

Test family	Topology	Package	Convention	Test
Characterization	SMRSM – IR	Model	Motor	Maps
	SMRSM – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Steady State
	SMRSM – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Transient
Working point	SMRSM – IR	Sine wave	Motor	I-Ψ-N
	SMRSM – IR	Sine wave	Motor	I-U
	SMRSM – IR	Sine wave	Generator	I-Ψ-N
Performance mapping	SMRSM – IR	Sine wave	Motor	Efficiency map
	SMRSM – IR	Sine wave	Generator	Efficiency map
Mechanics	SMRSM – IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Work. Pt. I-Ψ-N
	SMRSM – IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Spectrogram WP I-Ψ-N
	SMRSM – IR	NVH	Motor & Generator	Spectrogram T-N

Tests for Induction Machine- Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor and Outer Rotor (IMSQ– IR/OR)

Test family	Topology	Package	Convention	Test
Characterization	IMSQ – IR/OR	Model	Motor	Basic
	IMSQ – IR/OR	Model	Motor	SSFR
	IMSQ – IR/OR	Model	Model	Scalar
	IMSQ – IR	Thermal	Motor & Generator	Steady State
Working point	IMSQ – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	U-f-N
Performance mapping	IMSQ – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	T(slip)
	IMSQ – IR/OR	Sine wave	Motor	EM Scalar
Mechanics	IMSQ – IR	NVH	Motor	Work. Pt. U-f-N
	IMSQ – IR	NVH	Motor	Work. Pt. I-f-N
	IMSQ – IR	NVH	Motor	Spectrogram - U-f-N
	IMSQ – IR	NVH	Motor	Spectrogram - I-f-N

Tests for DC Machine (DCM)

Test family	Topology	Package	Convention	Test
Working point	DCM	Constant speed	Motor &Generator	U-N

Type of Electrical Machines Modelled in Altair Flux

Flux is a finite element software for low-frequency electromagnetic and thermal simulations. It is possible to design and evaluate following types of machines

• Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines- Inner Rotor/Outer Rotor
• Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor
• Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor
• Induction Machines with Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor/outer Rotor
• DC machine
• Axial Flux Machines- Double rotor/ stator and Single stator/ rotor
• Transverse Flux Machine
• Claw pole Machine

Electrical Machine	Topology	Convention	Test
Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines- Inner Rotor/Outer Rotor	2D,3D &Skew	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Shape optimization, Efficiency Map with FeMT and thermal analysis
Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
Induction Machines with Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor/outer Rotor	2D,3D &Skew	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
DC machine	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
Axial Flux Machines- Double rotor/ stator and Single stator/ rotor	3D	Motor	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
Transverse Flux Machine.	3D	Motor	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis
Claw pole Machine	3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency and Thermal analysis

Type of Electrical Machines Modelled in Altair SimLab

SimLab is a multi-physics finite element modeling software Platform that allows you to simulate complex assemblies quickly and accurately. The types of electrical machines designed and analyzed in SimLab are given below

• Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines- Inner Rotor/Outer Rotor
• Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor
• Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor
• Induction Machines with Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor/outer Rotor
• DC machine
• Axial Flux Machines- Double rotor/ stator and Single stator/ rotor
• Transverse Flux Machine.
• Claw pole Machine

Electrical Machine	Topology	Convention	Test
Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines- Inner Rotor/Outer Rotor	2D&3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency NVH analysis, structural analysis, and thermal analysis
Synchronous Machines with wound field – Inner salient pole – Inner rotor	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
Reluctance Synchronous Machines – Inner rotor	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
Induction Machines with Squirrel Cage – Inner Rotor/outer Rotor	2D&3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
DC machine	2D & 3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
Axial Flux Machines- Double rotor/ stator and Single stator/ rotor	3D	Motor	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
Transverse Flux Machine	3D	Motor	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis
Claw pole Machine	3D	Motor and Generator	Working point, Back emf, Cogging torque, short circuit analysis, Efficiency, NVH analysis, structural analysis, and Thermal analysis