IP Library Granted Patent US 8,855,978
Granted Patent B2
US 8,855,978 · App. 13/610,291 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Method for simulating magnetic material

Inventor: Yuji Uehara (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
G01R33/1215G06F2217/16Y02T10/82G06F17/5018G01R33/0064
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Patent No.
US 8,855,978
App. No.
13/610,291
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for simulating a magnetic material includes: repeatedly performing a first process and a second process until the change of magnetization and a static magnetic field converges, the first process being to calculate a distribution of the magnetization and an average magnetization in a magnetic material model of micromagnetics, and the second process being to assign the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics to each mesh included in another magnetic material model, calculate the static magnetic field of the another magnetic material model using the calculated average magnetization, and return the calculated static magnetic field to the calculation of the distribution of the magnetization; generating a hysteresis loop of each mesh included in the another magnetic material model based on the calculated average magnetization and the calculated static magnetic field, and calculating a hysteresis loss of the another magnetic material model from an area of the generated hysteresis loop.

Claims (140)

1. A method for simulating a magnetic material performed by a computer, comprising:

repeatedly performing by a processor a first process and a second process until the change of magnetization and a static magnetic field converges, the first process being to calculate a distribution of the magnetization and an average magnetization in a magnetic material model of micromagnetics, and the second process being to assign the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics to each mesh included in another magnetic material model, calculate the static magnetic field of the another magnetic material model using the average magnetization calculated by the first process, and return the calculated static magnetic field to the calculation of the distribution of the magnetization;

generating by the processor a hysteresis loop of each mesh included in the another magnetic material model based on the average magnetization calculated by the first process and the static magnetic field calculated by the second process;

calculating by the processor a hysteresis loss of the another magnetic material model from an area of the generated hysteresis loop;

extracting, during a time period from applying an external magnetic field to the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics to convergence of the change of the magnetization and the static magnetic field, a mesh which has caused magnetization reversal from the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics;

calculating a change amount of the magnetization included in the extracted mesh; and

calculating an abnormal eddy current loss of the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics based on the calculated change amount of the magnetization, a volume of the mesh which has caused the magnetization reversal, and the external magnetic field.

2. The method for simulating the magnetic material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer applies an external magnetic field to the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics, calculates the distribution of magnetizations in a plurality of first meshes included in the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics using equations (i) and (ii), calculates the average magnetization by dividing a total value of the magnetizations by the number of first meshes included in the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics, and calculates the static magnetic field using the average magnetization calculated by the first process and an equation (iii),

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wherein “H i ” represents an effective magnetic field, “H k ” represents a magnetic anisotropy, “k i ” represents a unit vector in an axis direction of easy magnetization, each of “m i ” and “m j ” represents a unit vector in a direction of magnetization, “D ij ” represents a demagnetizing factor determined from a geometric shape of a mesh, “h m ” represents a magnetostatic field factor standardized by the magnetic anisotropy H k (h m =M/H k ), “M” represents saturation magnetization of each mesh, “h e ” represents an exchange interaction factor standardized by the magnetic anisotropy H k (h e =A*/Ka 2 ), “K” represents a magnetic anisotropy factor, “A*” represents a stiffness constant, “a” represents a distance between meshes, “h a ” represents an externally-applied magnetic field (H app /H k ) standardized by the magnetic anisotropy H k , “A” represents a magnetic vector potential, “J 0 ” represents a current, “σ” represents an electric conductivity, and “φ” represents a scalar potential.

3. The method for simulating the magnetic material as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a value of the magnetostatic field factor h m in the equation (i) is included in a range of 0 to 1.25.

4. The method for simulating the magnetic material as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the magnetic anisotropy H k has any one of a two-dimensional random distribution or a three-dimensional random distribution.

5. The method for simulating the magnetic material as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the distribution of the magnetic anisotropy H k has anisotropy in an arbitrary direction.

6. The method for simulating the magnetic material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the distribution of a plurality of magnetizations in a plurality of first meshes included in the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics is calculated in the first process, energy by a magnetoelastic effect or thermal energy is taken in to the calculation of the distribution.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

repeatedly performing by a processor a first process and a second process until the change of magnetization and a static magnetic field converges, the first process being to calculate a distribution of the magnetization and an average magnetization in a magnetic material model of micromagnetics, and the second process being to assign the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics to each mesh included in another magnetic material model, calculate the static magnetic field of the another magnetic material model using the average magnetization calculated by the first process, and return the calculated static magnetic field to the calculation of the distribution of the magnetization;

generating by the processor a hysteresis loop of each mesh included in the another magnetic material model based on the average magnetization calculated by the first process and the static magnetic field calculated by the second process;

calculating by the processor a hysteresis loss of the another magnetic material model from an area of the generated hysteresis loop;

extracting, during a time period from applying an external magnetic field to the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics to convergence of the change of the magnetization and the static magnetic field, a mesh which has caused magnetization reversal from the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics;

calculating a change amount of the magnetization included in the extracted mesh; and

calculating an abnormal eddy current loss of the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics based on the calculated change amount of the magnetization, a volume of the mesh which has caused the magnetization reversal, and the external magnetic field.

8. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein when the distribution of a plurality of magnetizations in a plurality of first meshes included in the magnetic material model of the micromagnetics is calculated in the first process, energy by a magnetoelastic effect or thermal energy is taken in to the calculation of the distribution.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL COVER SHEET BY REMOVING PATENT NUMBER 10586039 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 69272 FRAME 546. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FSAS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 070764/0091 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FSAS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 069272/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: UEHARA, YUJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029059/0793 →
Continuity (2)
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