Multi-Physical quasistatic modelling of an axial flux permanent magnet machine

This paper deals with axial flux machine for hybrid electric vehicles and the sizing of one of those. The first part (section I.) draws the academic and industrial context of this work up with a short and summed up state of the art. The second section (section II.) is dedicated to a geometrical modelling compatible with axial structures and conception needs. In the third and fourth divisions (section III. and section IV.), the magnetic and thermal modellings of one specific machine are built and simulated thanks to three different methods. At the end (section V.), provided calculations are compared to each other, to an accurate finite element analysis and finally to experimental results coming from one prototype. The aim is to propose an optimal conception with the help of gradual methods.