An Air-Gap Element for the Isogeometric Space-Time-Simulation of Electric Machines

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Main Authors: Reichelt, Michael, Wiesheu, Michael, Merkel, Melina, Schöps, Sebastian, Steinbach, Olaf
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Published: 2025
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author Reichelt, Michael
Wiesheu, Michael
Merkel, Melina
Schöps, Sebastian
Steinbach, Olaf
author_facet Reichelt, Michael
Wiesheu, Michael
Merkel, Melina
Schöps, Sebastian
Steinbach, Olaf
contents Space-time methods promise more efficient time-domain simulations, in particular of electrical machines. However, most approaches require the motion to be known in advance so that it can be included in the space-time mesh. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes to use the well-known air-gap element for the rotor-stator coupling of an isogeometric machine model. First, we derive the solution in the air-gap region and then employ it to couple the rotor and stator. This coupling is angle dependent and we show how to efficiently update the coupling matrices to a different angle, avoiding expensive quadrature. Finally, the resulting time-dependent problem is solved in a space-time setting. The spatial discretization using isogeometric analysis is particularly suitable for coupling via the air-gap element, as NURBS can exactly represent the geometry of the air-gap. Furthermore, the model including the air-gap element can be seamlessly transferred to the space-time setting. However, the air-gap element is well known in the literature. The originality of this work is the application to isogeometric analysis and space-time.
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spellingShingle An Air-Gap Element for the Isogeometric Space-Time-Simulation of Electric Machines
Reichelt, Michael
Wiesheu, Michael
Merkel, Melina
Schöps, Sebastian
Steinbach, Olaf
Numerical Analysis
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
65, 78
I.6
Space-time methods promise more efficient time-domain simulations, in particular of electrical machines. However, most approaches require the motion to be known in advance so that it can be included in the space-time mesh. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes to use the well-known air-gap element for the rotor-stator coupling of an isogeometric machine model. First, we derive the solution in the air-gap region and then employ it to couple the rotor and stator. This coupling is angle dependent and we show how to efficiently update the coupling matrices to a different angle, avoiding expensive quadrature. Finally, the resulting time-dependent problem is solved in a space-time setting. The spatial discretization using isogeometric analysis is particularly suitable for coupling via the air-gap element, as NURBS can exactly represent the geometry of the air-gap. Furthermore, the model including the air-gap element can be seamlessly transferred to the space-time setting. However, the air-gap element is well known in the literature. The originality of this work is the application to isogeometric analysis and space-time.
title An Air-Gap Element for the Isogeometric Space-Time-Simulation of Electric Machines
topic Numerical Analysis
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
65, 78
I.6
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16099