TITLE:
Simulated Experiments for Teaching Mutually-Coupled Circuits CAD Techniques Using Analytic and Finite Element Solutions
AUTHORS:
Antônio Flavio Licarião Nogueira, Vítor Hörbe Pereira da Costa, Rodolfo Lauro Weinert
KEYWORDS:
Electromagnetic Engineering Education, Finite Element Method, Inductance, Magnetic Forces, Simulation Software
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications,
Vol.9 No.11,
November
30,
2017
ABSTRACT: The paper describes an approach to teaching mutually-coupled circuits CAD techniques to undergraduate students pursuing a degree course in electrical engineering or physics, and explains how a series of simulated experiments may be incorporated into the existing subjects. The simulated experiments make use of a two-dimensional open-access software based on the finite-element method. At the laboratory meetings, the students learn how to set up field problems for solution, and how to examine the results. Simulation tasks based on three axisymmetric open-boundary problems are used to introduce different numeric techniques to compute inductance and magnetic forces. The paper takes the reader to a step-by-step simulation journey, and provides all the basic elements required for further exploration of axially-symmetric systems.