Electrical machines are often simulated with symmetry sectors and periodicity conditions. This speeds up things a lot, but occasionally leads to weirdness.

Electric Motor Design, plus stuff

Electrical machines are often simulated with symmetry sectors and periodicity conditions. This speeds up things a lot, but occasionally leads to weirdness.

Skin and proximity effect can dramatically increase the losses in your electromagnetic device, as can circulating currents. Read here to learn about them!

Two new electric motor inventions from Finland. In a way, both are aimed at increasing the operating range of the motor. Read here to learn more!

Elsewhere in FEAsphere: failure modes, and how and why they are indeed uncertain. Plus stochastics in buckling, and some collaboration in the making.

Uncertainty quantification requires determining the sources of uncertainty, such as deviations in the product dimensions. Here’s how to do it.

Linear buckling – so hot right now! Check out my brief outsider’s overview, and join the discussion with proper specialists!

Conclusion of the Electromechanics Survey. Common issues identified for the people on this awesome field – future posts will address the key problems.

Frequency response analysis is used to analyze how a system reacts to a specific excitation. Or, as I like to put it, when things explode.

The TDM method by Ansys is reported to speed-up time-stepping computations by up to 6000 %. Read my idea on how it might work.

Is your knowledge on nonlinear structural analysis and steel structures lacking? Don’t be ashamed, mine certainly is. Check out this cool resource.