FORCES ON CONDUCTOR SEGMENTS AND MAGNETIZED FERROUS CORES USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT VECTOR POTENTIAL METHOD. Conference

Demerdash, NA, Mohammed, OA, Nehl, TW. (1985). FORCES ON CONDUCTOR SEGMENTS AND MAGNETIZED FERROUS CORES USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT VECTOR POTENTIAL METHOD. .

cited authors

  • Demerdash, NA; Mohammed, OA; Nehl, TW

authors

abstract

  • This paper presents two finite element based methods for the calculation of forces on conductor segments and magnetized ferrous cores in three dimensional magnetic fields. The formulation is based on the three dimensional magnetic vector potential and the curl curl equation. Results of use of the two methods in the calculation of forces in two examples are reported. The first example is that of two current-carrying conductors (bus bars), while the second example is that of an iron cored armature (coil) and keeper. These two relatively simple examples were chosen for purposes of comparing the three dimensional finite element results with existing two dimensional methods and closed form approximations. The results of comparison of these forces are presented here.

publication date

  • January 1, 1985