Building a CAD system for educational purpose based only on a mesh tool and a finite elements solver

Yvan Lefèvre (1) , Julien Fontchastagner (1) , Frédéric Messine (1)

1 LEEI - Laboratoire électrotechnique et électronique industrielle

The article discusses about the use of finite elements method (FEM) software in order to help lecturer to teach design of electrical machines. Nowadays, lecturers have less and less time to teach the design of electrical machines. Special tools based on FEM can help them in this task. For the past years, such tools needing sophisticated environments have been realized for designers in industry. Assuming minimum equipment, requirements and guidelines for the realization of a specific tool are presented.

Mots clés: Design; electrical machines; finite elements method (FEM)

Domaines: Energie électrique; Modélisation et simulation; Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur; Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain

Yvan Lefèvre, Julien Fontchastagner, Frédéric Messine. Building a CAD system for educational purpose based only on a mesh tool and a finite elements solver. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2006, 42 (4), pp.1483-1486. ⟨10.1109/TMAG.2006.871435⟩. ⟨hal-01522928⟩