Electric Motor Design Software

Electric Motor Design, Analysis and Verification

Ansys offers a complete workflow that progresses from concept design to detailed electromagnetics, thermal and mechanical analyses of the motor. Coupled electromagnetic-thermal-stress-and vibro-acoustics simulation of the motor using Ansys tools results in a high-fidelity, accurate and robust design that is optimized for performance, cost and efficiency.

Template-Based Design
Thermal Management with System Cooling Optimization
2D & 3D FE Electromagnetic Analysis
Noise-Vibration Reduction

Dedicated Design Tool for Electric Motors

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Intuitive, template-based set up

Comprehensive and powerful geometry templates cover a huge range of electric machine technologies, topologies and cooling systems. Ratio-based parameterization options provide unprecedented capabilities for parametric design optimization.

Design across the full operating range

Quickly analyze the performance of designs over the operating envelope, including field weakening behavior.

Built-in electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical solvers

Coupled multi-physics analysis from the start of the design process and built-in control algorithms enable virtual testing considering temperature effects over transient drive cycles or at steady state.

Thermal sizing of the machines

Ability to predict the thermal behavior of electric machines through a built-in 3D thermal network.

Electromagnetic and vibro-acoustic design of electric motors

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Magnetic Field Solution

The electromagnetic simulation of the motor, provided by Ansys Maxwell, determines the radial, tangential and axial forces associated with the machine’s performance.

Acoustic

The acoustic representations of radiating vibrational noise are imported into Ansys VRXPERIENCE, enabling users to hear the electric motor at varying rpms.

Vibration

Simulation results from Ansys Maxwell and Ansys Mechanical provide key inputs to realize the goal of measuring auditory perception and assessing a vehicle’s NVH performance. The structural simulation incorporates these forces in the presence of the motor housing.

VRXPERIENCE

Hearing the motor enables engineers to isolate and identify sub-components of the acoustic profile and investigate the influence on human perception.

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Maxwell

Electronics

An electromagnetic field simulation solver for electric machines and electromechanical devices. Solve static, frequency-domain and time-varying electric fields.

2D and 3D electromagnetic FEA
Component to system - Reduced-order modeling
Advanced electromagnetic material
Automatic adaptive meshing
Multiphysics analysis
Slice-only technology

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Motor-CAD

Electronics

A template-based design tool for multiphysics analyses of electric motors across the full torque-speed operating range to optimize EV performance, efficiency and size.

Intuitive, template-based setups
Built-in electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical solvers
Rapid analysis of efficiency maps, torque/speed characteristics and drive cycles
Thermal sizing of machines

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Ansys Fluent

Fluids

CFD software known for its advanced physics modeling and renowned for industry leading accuracy.

Modern user-friendly interface
Single window workflow—pre to post-processing
Streamlined meshing and physics workflows
Advanced physics modeling
Efficient meshing and solver HPC scaling

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Ansys Mechanical

Structures

Solve broad structural analysis needs with a suite of finite element analysis (FEA) solutions that provides in-depth analysis of structural and coupled-field behaviors.

Easy to Use, Multi-Purpose Tool
Persistent, Dependable Solver Technology
Dynamic, Integrated Platform

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Ansys VRXPERIENCE HMI

Optics & Virtual Reality (VR)

Prepare and appraise CAD-based virtual prototypes of a cockpit HMI in a real-time, immersive virtual reality environment

Visual experience in virtual reality
Advanced ray-traced lighting
Head-up display simulation
Virtual interactions
Embedded software-in-the-loop

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Simulating the noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) of an electric motor is important for proper electromagnetic (EM) and vibro-acoustic design of electric vehicles (EVs)

Ansys NVH Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Ansys’ solutions characterize the NVH effects of an electric motor early and accurately in the design cycle to improve vehicle performance and safety.

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Multiphysics Simulation Accelerates the Motor Design Process

Ansys offers a full system integration based on the ability to extract information from the design stages into analysis, design for validation and into the final verification stage. This enables full system simulation in one workflow.

Design

With template-based setups, initial electric machine designs are developed quickly. System-level structural simulations enable more investigations and thus more robust innovation. The automated analysis process, with its built-in electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical solvers, offers valuable multiphysics insights into an electric motor design.

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Analysis

In electromagnetic simulation, the resulting advanced 2D and 3D calculations incorporate additional effects that impact the motor’s performance. Thermal analysis predicts the temperature rise within the motor configuration based on given operating conditions.

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