Electromagnetic simulator covers more device types

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Sep 29, 2003

Flux Version 8 is the latest release of the software package from Cedrat for the analysis of electromagnetic and thermal devices.

Flux Version 8 is the latest release of the software package from Cedrat for the analysis of electromagnetic and thermal devices.

This latest version gives easy access to a large number of new features for speeding up design and allowing simulation of even more devices than before.

On the one hand, the graphical interface has been largely changed and improved.

Flux project manager has been unified for 2D and 3D applications.

Brand new preprocessor and circuit descriptor are now available.

They feature all functionalities needed for the electromagnetic design, including: geometry building; mixed mesh generators; import of multiple CAD geometries - Iges, Step, DXF; and import of meshed geometries such as Patran and Nastran.

In addition, a full range of new models has been implemented to allow simulation of new devices.

Various linear actuators such as contactors as well as all rotating actuators can now be fully simulated in 3D.

Any transient linear or rotating motion (for any shape of moving part) can be simulated, accounting for all mechanical quantities and constraints (drag force/torque, inertia/mass).

A full magnetothermal coupling is now available in 3D.

Already present in 2D, this coupling gives the possibility to compute in the same run the magnetic and transient thermal states, updating all properties as function of the temperature.

Those new features are completed by the fully multiparametric Flux solver and postprocessor.

To optimise any device, the Flux solver allows users to vary any parameter (geometric dimensions, material characteristics, sources, boundary conditions) and run as many computations as required in a single pass.

Optimum performance can then be determined as a function of any number of parameters.

Finally, the association with Matlab and Simulink to provide a cosimulation link addresses the need for system-level analysis of electromechanical components.

The power for computing transient electromagnetic/electromechanical physics from Flux is now complemented by the strength of Simulink in system-level drive, control and power electronics simulation.