ABSTRACT
The core of finite element method's (FEM) package is its “solver” that corresponds not only to assemble the global system, but also to solve it. As a postprocessing, the exploration module of an electromagnetic FEM package enables to evaluate several quantities like parameters, magnetic losses, forces, torque, and others. The transient analysis exploration of electromagnetic phenomena enables to evaluate the time evolution of both electric and magnetic flux densities at each time step and the time variations of the associated quantities. The evolution of FEM in electrical engineering was completely different from that in both mechanical and civil engineering. In these fields, the method is introduced directly from the governing equations phenomena in that the physical interpretation is clear. A great advancement in the simulation of electromechanical devices like drivers and converters for electrical machines was the coupling of magnetic equations from FEM to the electric circuit equations from drivers and/or converters.
