ECE 69500 - Electromagnetic and Electromechanical Component Design

Note:

Fall 2009 CRN 17906

Course Details

Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3

Counts as:

Experimental Course Offered:

Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015

Catalog Description:

This course focuses on the design of electromagnetic and electromechanical systems, with power applications. The course includes optimization methods, modeling techniques for design (as opposed to for simulation), and the formulation of design problems as optimization problems.

Required Text(s):

  1. Power Magnetic Devices: A Multi-Objective Design Approach , 2nd Edition , S. D. Sudhoff , IEEE Press/Wiley , 2021 , ISBN No. 978-1-119-67460-3

Recommended Text(s):

None.

Lecture Outline:

Weeks Major Topics
1 Magnetic and magnetic equivalent circuits
2 DC inductor design
3 Force and torque calculation using MECs
4 Electromagnet design
5 Magnetic core loss and material characterization
6 Distributed windings and rotating electric machinery
7 Introduction to PMAC machine design

Assessment Method:

none