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The TAILSIT EM solver

Core technology

POLARIS and our customer projects are built on the same computational kernels: scalable FEM, BEM and coupled solvers for electromagnetic fields.

The solver

Physics

Electrostatic, magnetostatic and eddy current problems, in frequency and time domain.

FEM, BEM and coupled FEM–BEM

Scalable solvers with MPI and threading.

Fast Multipole Method

Compressed boundary element matrices and advanced preconditioners.

No air mesh

The surrounding air doesn't have to be modelled.

Multiphysics coupling

Forces and losses passed to structural and thermal solvers. See the case studies.

COMPUMAG TEAM benchmarks

The TEAM workshop problems of the International Compumag Society let solvers be compared on shared test cases, many of them with published measurements. Click an image to enlarge it.

Problem 3

Eddy currents in a conducting plate.

Flux density Bz: simulation and measurements
Current density J and its direction in the plate

Problem 7

Current density at 50 Hz and 200 Hz, simulation against measurements.

Current density Jy: simulation and measurements
Eddy currents in the plate below the coil

Problem 13

Average magnetic flux density along the steel plates, simulation against measurements.

Average flux density B: simulation and measurements
Field in the steel plates around the coil

Problem 24

Torque over time, simulation against measurements.

Torque T over time: simulation and measurements
Computed fields in the test rig

Problem 28

Levitation device: height over time, compared with measurements and a published BEM-FEM result.

Levitation height over time
Levitation device with computed fields

Problem 33

Electrostatics: electric forces on a conductor (Problem 33b).

Electric forces along the surface
Problem 33b setup and surface mesh