Chapter 4

Workshop 3

Winding Editor
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Workshop #3: Winding editor
3 phase winding in air, 100 turns each
A simple arrangement of 3 phase
coils in air is to be constructed
using the winding editor. The iC = 1240 A
objectives will be to calculate the
field and self and mutual
inductance.
iB = 1120 A

iA = 10 A

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Upon entering the
workbench environment,
choose new geometry.

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Change the desired unit
length to millimeters.

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Bring up the Winding
Tool. Set the number of 5
slots to 6. 7
Define the phase A
circuit as follows:
a) Comprised of 1 coil 4: Click in
b) 100 turns this box to
activate the
c) Current flows into slot Apply/cancel
1, out of slot 2
buttons
d) End geometry is an arc 1
e) End clearance: 5 mm
f) Radius in/out: 50 mm
g) Cross section 6: Click
dimensions: 5 X 5 mm 2 Apply
h) Declare the XYPlane to
be the center plane
(steps 4-6 at right)
i) Click generate
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Use Show Cross Section Solids
to display the full geometry of the
coil.

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Create phases B and C in the table
as shown in steps 2 4. Click on
generate. The 6 equally spaced slot
locations are shown at right. When
the slot angle is zero, slot 1 lies on
the XY plane of the base plane.
5 Slot 3

Slot 2

Slot 4
Slot 1

Slot 6

Slot 5

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Note the effect of modifying
the slot angle. Temporarily
change it to 30 and click
generate. Restore to zero and
click generate again.

30

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Note the effect of modifying the
skew angle. Temporarily change it
to 10 and click generate. Restore
to zero and click generate again.

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Note the effect of modifying the
cross section length. Temporarily
change it to 20 mm and click
generate. Restore to 5 mm and click
generate again.

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Create a cylindrical enclosure
aligned with the active
(XYPlane) z axis extending 50 3
mm beyond the coil geometry. 1

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Save the geometry.

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Click on the Project tab and
create a new simulation. 1

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Click on Environment in the
tree with the right mouse
button (RMB) and insert a
magnetic flux parallel
boundary condition.
1 (RMB)

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Hold down the CTRL button as you
select (LMB) individual surfaces of
the enclosure. Use the middle
mouse button to rotate the
geometry so that previously hidden
surfaces face you, then add them to
the selected set.
Once all 3 surfaces are selected,
click Apply.

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Define a 1 A current at a phase
angle of 0 in conductor A.
Similarly, define the following
conductor currents:
Conductor B: iB = 1 120 A
1
Conductor C: iC = 1 240 A

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Inset a request for Total Flux
Density calculations.

1 (RMB)
2

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Inset a request for inductance 3
calculations and click Solve.
We will not bother looking at
the mesh.

1 (RMB)

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View the resulting flux density. 4 2 3
You will at first find yourself
looking at an opaque contour plot
that hides the field quantities from
view. Select buttons 2 5 to obtain 5
the vector plot shown at right.

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Bring up the inductance matrix.
The diagonal terms are coil self
inductances. Off-diagonal terms
are mutual inductances.

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