• DocumentCode
    1541628
  • Title

    Adaptive time-stepping in nonlinear transient electromagnetic finite element analysis

  • Author

    Brauer, John R. ; Lee, Sang H. ; Chen, Q.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Ansoft Corp., Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1784
  • Lastpage
    1787
  • Abstract
    Time-step size is automatically adapted to enable efficient convergence in nonlinear transient electromagnetic finite element computations. The adaptive time-stepping takes into account both induced eddy currents and the nonlinear reluctance matrix due to saturable B-H curves. The new algorithm is shown to obtain results that agree with fixed time-step methods, but with savings in computing time of up to 90%
  • Keywords
    adaptive systems; convergence of numerical methods; eddy currents; electromagnetic induction; finite element analysis; matrix algebra; transient analysis; adaptive time-stepping; computing time savings; convergence; fixed time-step methods; induced eddy currents; nonlinear reluctance matrix; nonlinear transient EM finite element analysis; saturable B-H curves; Convergence; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetic transients; Finite element methods; Gold; Nonlinear equations; Software algorithms; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.582621
  • Filename
    582621