This book provides the necessary information on material characterization and finite element methods applications. It begins with a thorough introduction to materials and basic electromagnetics, and provides a refresher on the finite elements method concepts. The book then moves into experimental and numerical modeling related to losses and material characterization with an emphasis on hysteresis. The second half of the book employs the concepts of the material characterization chapters by focusing on the finite elements method applied to 3D applications.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Statics and Quasi-Statics Electromagnetics - Brief Presentation
Chapter 2 : Ferromagnetic Materials and Iron Losses
Chapter 3 : Scalar Hysteresis Modeling
Chapter 4 : Vector Hysteresis Modeling
Chapter 5 : Brief Presentation of the Finite Element Method
Chapter 6 : Using Nodal Elements with Magnetic Vector Potential
Chapter 7 : The Source-Field Method for 3D Magnetostatic Fields
Chapter 8 : The Source-Field Method for 3D Magnetodynamic Fields
Chapter 9 : A Matrix-Free Iterative Solution Procedure for Finite Element Problems
Index
