Motor-CAD Training Session
- Introduction to Thermal Analysis
- Importance of Thermal Analysis
- Types of Cooling Electric Machines
- Traditional Thermal Design Techniques
- Modern CAE Design Techniques
- Lumped Circuit Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Computational Fluid Dynamics [CFD]
- Uses of Thermal Analysis
- Expected Accuracy
- Basic Heat Transfer Analysis
- Conduction
- Convection
- Fin Efficiency
- Radiation
- Heat Flow
- Thermal Transients
- Flow Analysis
- Motor-CAD : A commercially available lumped circuit program for electric machines
- Motors and Generator
- Where does Motor-CAD fit in the design software
- Typical Uses of Motor-CAD
- Motor-CAD Demo
- Motor-CAD Examples
- Important Issues Relating to thermal analysis in Electric Machines
- Losses
- Interface Gaps
- Winding Model
- Motor Mounting
- Convection
- Fin Channel Leakage
- Radiation
- Transient and Duty Cycle Analysis
- Design Examples
- Thermal Characteristics of Materials
- Sources of Material Data
- Typical Material Characteristics
- Directional Dependence
- Variation in Air Properties with Temperature
- Variation in Air Properties with Altitude
- Emissivity and Absorbtivity Data
- Numerical Analysis
- FEA & CFD
- Application to End Region
- Application to Salient Pole Through Ventilation
- Motor-CAD Advanced Theory & Use
- ActiveX Links to SPEED
- ActiveX Links to Excel/ Work/ MATLAB
- Importing External Duty-Cycle Data Profile