Reengineering a motor and drive simulation tool

Author

Levin, A.G. ; McCulloch, M.D. ; Landy, C.F. ; Clark, A.R.

Author_Institution

Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

42

Abstract

As the complexity and diversity of the application of DC and AC motor drives has increased, so too has the occurrence of problems that are often caused by the interaction between the components of the system. The actual problem and its associated concepts are termed the problem domain. Computer simulation of drives provides an economical means of analyzing drive systems in a controlled environment to ensure that the system is stable and operates as required. The means to input, process and extract the data from the simulation is termed the solution domain. This article examines the process of reengineering the CASED drive simulation package so that it can be accessible to engineers whose main forte is electrical machines and drives and who are not simulation specialists. The objective is to bring the solution domain closer to the problem domain

Keywords

electric machine analysis computing; machine theory; motor drives; software packages; systems re-engineering; CASED software; computer simulation; motor drive simulation tool reengineering; problem domain; simulation package; solution domain; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design engineering; Drives; Integrated circuit modeling; Packaging; Software systems; Terminology; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/67.849024

Filename

849024