Significant developments in latest versions of ThermNet and MagNet

Montréal, Québec, Canada – February 4, 2005 -- The latest release of ThermNet (version 1.8) is capable of simulating the convective transfer of heat between the rotor and the stator in a rotating machine. In addition to this helpful new feature for motor designers, ThermNet can now perform, in tandem with MagNet, the following analyses:

• Coupled thermal transient-to-magnetic transient (with or without motion)
• Coupled thermal static-to-magnetic transient (with or without motion)

Enhancements to MagNet 6.17 include:

• Support for multiple sliding interfaces with motion components in 3D
• Mesh and/or polynomial (3d only) adaption based on individual components
• Speed and memory usage improvements overall and especially in coupled solves
• A nonlinear anisotropy model has been added to the materials database
• Users can control anisotropy in three different directions by specifying an optional x-axis vector
• Iron loss calculations - Improved interpolation scheme when loss properties are specified for several frequencies and several temperatures
• The importing of DXF files is now much faster
• Link to PSIM with MagNet Plug-in for PSIM

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