Optimization of electrotechnical devices using a numerical laboratory

Author

Schafer-Jotter, M. ; Müller, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Elektrische Energiewandlung, Tech. Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany

Volume

26

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

3/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

815

Lastpage

818

Abstract

A software package for the optimization of electrotechnical devices in the low-frequency range is described. The field calculation program PROFI was extended by adding a symbolic input and a symbolic output. The symbolic data are used in a `numerical laboratory´ to define and to solve design problems. The numerical laboratory includes the possibilities of an automatic parametric device examination and different methods for mathematical optimization. The objective function and the constraints are defined and processed by algebraic formulas. A method called optimization by steps is proposed and applied to the design of an X-ray undulator and a multiwire drift chamber

Keywords

beam handling equipment; electrical engineering computing; electromagnetic devices; optimisation; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; X-ray undulator; algebraic formulas; automatic parametric device; electrotechnical device optimisation; field calculation program PROFI; low-frequency range; mathematical optimization; multiwire drift chamber; numerical laboratory; software package; symbolic input; symbolic output; Algorithm design and analysis; Constraint optimization; Design engineering; Design optimization; Frequency; Laboratories; Optimization methods; Shape; Software packages; Undulators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.106442

Filename

106442