Multiphysics Simulation: Electromechanical System Applications and Optimization

✍ Scribed by Ercan M. Dede, Jaewook Lee, Tsuyoshi Nomura (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Series: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book highlights a unique combination of numerical tools and strategies for handling the challenges of multiphysics simulation, with a specific focus on electromechanical systems as the target application. Features: introduces the concept of design via simulation, along with the role of multiphysics simulation in today’s engineering environment; discusses the importance of structural optimization techniques in the design and development of electromechanical systems; provides an overview of the physics commonly involved with electromechanical systems for applications such as electronics, magnetic components, RF components, actuators, and motors; reviews the governing equations for the simulation of related multiphysics problems; outlines relevant (topology and parametric size) optimization methods for electromechanical systems; describes in detail several multiphysics simulation and optimization example studies in both two and three dimensions, with sample numerical code.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Overview of Physics for Electromechanical Systems....Pages 11-20
Governing Equations for Electromechanical Systems....Pages 21-39
Optimization Methods for Electromechanical Systems....Pages 41-59
Electromechanical System Simulation and Optimization Studies....Pages 61-187
Extensions to New Topics....Pages 189-197
Appendix: Sample Multiphysics Optimization Code....Pages 199-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-212

✦ Subjects

Simulation and Modeling; Mechatronics; Optimization; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design