Authors | Mathieu Rossi ; Jean Le Besnerais |
Status | Published in: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ( Volume: 51, Issue: 12, Dec. 2015 ) |
Date | 18 August 2015 |
Keywords | Acoustic noise, Inductor, Magnetic forces, Finite element analysis, Magnetostriction, Analytical models, Vibrations |
Abstract
This paper analyzes the phenomenon of vibrations in U-shaped (two-limb) inductors with distributed air gaps due to both Maxwell and magnetostriction forces. A weak 2-D magnetomechanical finite-element model (FEM), including magnetostrictive tensor, is developed under the GetDP open-source simulation environment. A simple analytical model of the reactor core vibration under magnetic forces is established and validated using the FEM model. The resonance effect of magnetostriction and Maxwell forces on the inductor structure is analyzed, and a sensitivity analysis is run on some of the inductor geometrical parameters. An example of inductor is presented, and a methodology to reduce vertical vibrations under magnetic force excitation is proposed by opposing the magnetostrictive and Maxwell forces. This technique is validated using both the analytical and the FEM models.
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Notes
In electric traction chains used for naval application, railway applications or automotive applications, electromagnetically-excited noise does not only come from rotating machines but can also be due to passive components such as inductors (also called chokes or reactors), capacitors, and transformers.