Infolytica Announcement #36
April 19, 2006

Product News

Minor updates in MagNet 6.22.1, ElecNet 6.14.1, and ThermNet 1.12.1 releases
(32-bit and 64-bit versions)

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Gallery

Actuator in a System Simulation with Simulink®
Presented here is an example of the Response Surface Modeling (RSM) method, which is used in conjunction with the Simulink® system simulator from The MathWorks, Inc. to accurately simulate the dynamic interaction between the drive circuit, actuator, and load of an electromagnetic actuator. The procedure is automated with Infolytica's Actuator RSM Wizard, which drives MagNet's Static 2D solver to execute a large number of static analyses at different currents and positions, and then generates a file containing the RSM data. A special plug-in to Simulink, the Actuator RSM Plug-in, reads this file and provides a system block that can be connected to the rest of the system.

Actuator in VHDL-AMS with SystemVision®
This Gallery page is similar to the one shown above except that this example uses the SystemVision® system simulator from Mentor Graphics to analyze an RSM that is embedded in a VHDL-AMS model of the actuator. The procedure is automated with Infolytica's Actuator RSM Wizard, which drives MagNet to execute its Static 2D solver at various currents and positions, and then generates the VHDL-AMS code which implements the RSM.

Clawpole in VHDL-AMS with SystemVision®
A VHDL-AMS model of a clawpole alternator is created here using Infolytica's Three-phase Machine Wizard in conjunction with MagNet's Static 3D solver and the SystemVision® system simulator from Mentor Graphics. The wizard creates an RSM of the clawpole by driving MagNet to execute a number of static solves at different phase currents and rotor positions. This RSM is embedded in the VHDL-AMS file to create a component that is functionally equivalent to the original MagNet model, but which can be analyzed extremely quickly in a transient circuit simulation, such as SystemVision®.

TEAM Benchmark Family: Problem 21
Field Loss Model for Power Transformer
Presented here is MagNet's analysis of the first set of configurations from the family of benchmarks involving two exciting coils directed in opposite directions and shielded by magnetic steel plates. The magnetic shield has two configurations; one large magnetic steel plate or two smaller magnetic steel plates where one of the plates has a rectangular hole. The nonlinear eddy current and hysteresis losses are compared in both configurations to measured results.

TEAM Benchmark Family: Problem 21^a
Field Loss Model for Power Transformer
The second set of configurations from this family of benchmarks involves MagNet's analysis of two exciting coils directed in opposite directions and shielded by a non-magnetic steel plate. The steel plate has four configurations; no slot, one slot, two slots and three slots. The eddy current losses are compared in all configurations to measured results.

TEAM Benchmark Family: Problem 21^b
Field Loss Model for Power Transformer
MagNet's analysis of TEAM Problem 21^b, the third configuration of this benchmark family, examines two exciting coils directed in opposite directions and shielded by a pair of conducting steel plates. The shield has three configurations; one magnetic and one non-magnetic conducting plate (MN), two magnetic conducting plates (2M) and two non-magnetic conducting plates (2N). The nonlinear eddy current and hysteresis losses are compared in both configurations to measured results.

Chinese web site

Demonstrating its long term commitment to the Chinese market, Infolytica Corporation has launched a Simplified Chinese version of its web site to support the company's growing presence in China.

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