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Abstract – This paper deals with the parameterized The general flow of a FEA is described below. When
modeling of permanent magnet synchronous machines performing a magnetic field analysis the ability to create
(PMSM) by means of JMAG Designer, an advanced the geometry, to set materials, to specify conditions, and
simulation software for electromechanical design. This generate mesh is vital [4]. JMAG provides various
method enables the designer to simulate diverse topologies of
the machines by only changing some basic parameters of the
functions to accomplish all these goals.
script controlling the preprocessing phase of the simulations. When a model is created, several steps need to be
For this purpose a graphical user interface for modeling the completed:
machine was built up in Visual Basic. Thru it the users can to create a geometry
enter the main design parameters of the studied machine. The to set the materials and sources
motor model is developed in JMAG-Designer by using the to set the boundary conditions
parameters. For each machine topology taken into study
to generate the mesh.
finite elements analysis (FEA) can be employed, as
magnetostatic analysis or time-stepping study via coupling the Because creating a model of an electrical machine is
machine model to electrical circuits. The parameterized a difficult task and takes a lot of time, a first objective
modeling and script writing are both detailed in the paper. was to implement a PMSM model for which the main
The developed simulation tool was tested for a particular geometrical parameters can be easily changed from a
surface magnet PMSM, having 4 poles and 24 stator slots. graphical user interface (GUI). The second goal was to
Keywords: permanent magnet synchronous machine, JMAG
automatically link it with other software packages such
Designer, parameterized modeling scripts, design parameters. as MATLAB-Simulink, Mathcad, or others. A block
schematic of the links between different software is
given in Figure 1.
I. INTRODUCTION
IV. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Figure 7. The plots of the flux lines for two rotor positions
This work was supported by the Romanian Executive
In the figures the four magnetic poles generated by
Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development
the PMs can be easily distinguished.
and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) under the
As in the design of electrical machines the saturation
Automotive Low-Noise Electrical Machines and Drives
level in different regions are of maximum interest also
Optimal Design and Development (ALNEMAD) Joint
the color maps of the flux densities for the same two
Applied Research Project (PCCA) in the frame of
positions are shown in Figures 8 and 9.
"Partnerships" projects (PN II – National Plan for
Research, Development and Innovation) and the DEsign,
MOdelling and TESTing tools for Electrical Vehicles
powertrain drives (DeMoTest_EV) in the frame of FP7
IAPP Marie Curie Actions.
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