Simcenter SPEED for Electric Machine Design
Software for Rapid Electric Machine Design and Development
Simcenter SPEED is a dedicated software suite designed for the design and analysis of electric machines used in both motoring and generating applications. It supports a wide spectrum of machine types, enabling engineers to rapidly create and evaluate e-machine concepts through a combination of analytical and finite element methods for optimal speed and accuracy.
Simcenter SPEED features a comprehensive set of theoretical and physics-based models, allowing for a flexible and efficient design process. To balance precision with computation time, it uses:
Analytical methods, delivering near-instant results ideal for early-stage design exploration, parameter sweeps, or integration with tools like HEEDS™.
2D magnetostatic finite element analysis, used selectively to improve the fidelity of magnetic field modeling, especially in saturated areas.
The software suite includes specialized modules tailored to various electric machine types:
PC-BDC: Supports a wide variety of synchronous machines including surface and interior PM, spoke, inset, reluctance, wound field, and multi-phase configurations.
PC-IMD: Models induction motors with diverse rotor designs—bar, wound field, and varying phase options.
PC-SRD: Focused on switched reluctance machines, covering standard rotor types.
PC-DCM: For PM brushed DC machines, supporting all typical rotor configurations.
PC-WFC: Handles wound-field commutator machines, covering conventional rotor layouts.
PC-AXM: Supports axial flux machines including claw-pole and dual radial flux designs.
A graphical Outline Editor displays the motor's cross-section (radial or axial) and allows parameter-based geometry adjustments. Integrated material libraries for magnets, brushes, and steels are also available. The Winding Editor provides visualization tools such as MMF waveform analysis, harmonic content, Görges diagrams, and slot filling details.
Simcenter SPEED also interfaces directly with Simcenter Amesim™, enabling export of motor data either as simple parameter sets or detailed flux linkage and iron loss maps for system-level simulation.
The improved DXF overlay in Simcenter SPEED allows you to automatically see updates to your parameters. With just a few clicks and no DXF reloads, you can create a facsimile of their motor from a template.
The new preview mode for the FEA calibration in Simcenter SPEED allows you to view your model and make adjustments before submitting the job to the solver.
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