Synchronous Machines

Cobham Technical Services and Boulder Wind Power collaborate to accelerate development of revolutionary wind turbine technology

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Radical new design aims to deliver a 20% reduction in the cost of generated electricity

Cobham Technical Services is helping Colorado-based (BWP) accelerate development of a radical new permanent magnet through use of advanced design software. Based on a permanent magnet, direct drive design, BWP’s uses a unique axial flux, air-core architecture that increases and reliability, and will ultimately reduce the cost of generated electricity to compete at parity with fossil fuels.

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Webinaire: Introduction à la conception des machines électriques tournantes avec Opera

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Les concepteurs des machines électriques tournantes d’aujourd’hui sont l’objet de pressions pour offrir des moteurs plus efficaces, robustes et innovants et dans des délais toujours plus courts. Au cours de ce webinaire Cobham Technical Services – montrera comment la Suite peut être mise à profit pour apporter l’exactitude de l’analyse par éléments finis (FEA) avec la facilité d’utilisation des logiciels de conception analytique.

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Webinar: Multiphysics Simulation in Opera

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Cobham Technical Services – and its product have been at the forefront of finite element analysis for more than twenty-five years.

is a general-purpose finite element software suite for the design and of devices in two or three space dimensions. The software has been in continuous development since 1984, and its accuracy and capabilities for analysis has made it a firm favourite in both scientific and industrial communities. The ability to couple analysis to built-in and solutions, along with drive circuits, mechanical drives and system representations allows in-depth analysis. Remove assumptions and bottlenecks from your design process and deliver right-first-time products.

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Simulating the Toyota Prius electric motor

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This application note shows how to create and analyze the 2004 version of the electric using the Machine (). The experimental characterization of the and of the drive system has been done by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) which presented its findings in a series of papers [1]-[5].

The steps needed to customize the geometry of the stator and rotor of the default embedded magnet model in order to recreate the precise geometry of the PRIUS are detailed.

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Webinar: Introduction to Rotating Electrical Machine Design using Opera

Webinar: Introduction to Rotating Electrical Machine Design using Opera

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Today’s designers of rotating electrical machines are being pressured to deliver more efficient, robust and innovative motors and generators in ever-shortening timescales. In this webinar Cobham Technical Services – will show how the Suite can be used to deliver the accuracy of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with the ease-of-use of analytical design packages.

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Introduction to synchronous machine design

Introduction to ME2D – Synchronous Machine Finite Element Model Construction & Analysis

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Introductory video showing the use of the two dimensional machines () with - in building, simulating and post-processing a parametric model of a machine.

The environments provide ready-made generic designs, together with application-specific data entry and advanced techniques, all expressed in the language of the application.

The environments provide a strategic framework for the design, analysis and of your electrical products.

The advanced facilities can boost the productivity of your engineers and get your design to market with reduced time and cost.

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Cobham Technical Services Supplies Electromagnetic Design Software to Siemens Wind Power, To Help Optimise Generator Designs

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* ability to run 1000s of optimisation searches helps make breakthroughs such as permanent magnet generators.

Cobham Technical Services has been awarded a contract for its powerful by Power, a leading supplier of turbines for onshore, offshore and coastal sites.

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Genetic algorithm and finite element analysis for optimum design of slotted torus axial-flux permanent-magnet brushless DC motor

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Abstract – This paper presents an inside-out permanent-magnet brushless DC optimized by Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) that uses sizing equation. The double-sided slotted-stator designed TORUS has sinusoidal waveform and maximum power density. The GA obtained the dimensions that gave the its highest power density. Field analysis of the dimensions was then put through FEA, to obtain and re-optimize the ’s characteristics.

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FEA-Aided design, optimization and development of an axial flux motor for implantable ventricular assist device

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Abstract — This paper presents the optimal design and development of an axial flux for blood pump application. With the design objective of maximizing the and , different topologies of machine has been examined.

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