Title

Application of the finite element method to the design of permanent magnets

Author(s)

Takayoshi Nakata Okayama University
N. Takahashi Okayama University

Publication Date

1982-11

Abstract

A new method of determining the lengths of magnets in a magnetic circuit by using the finite element method has been developed. This method has the advantage that the lengths of magnets which produce the prescribed flux distribution can be directly calculated. In this paper, the error of this method is discussed at first, and then an example of application determining the shape of a magnet is shown. This method is effective for the design of magnetic circuits consisting of several permanent magnets and the determination of the shapes of magnets.

Keywords

FEM
Finite-element method (FEM)
Permanent magnet motors

Comments

Published with permission from the copyright holder. This is the institute's copy, as published in Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, Nov. 1982, Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1049-1051.
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