Improved Magnetic Circuit-Motion Coupled Model and Fast Simulation of Direct-Acting Electromechanical Motion Device

Abstract

The rapid simulation of the dynamic performance of electromechanical devices such as solenoid valves and relays is important for product development and design. A magnetic circuit model of the non-saturated direct-acting electromechanical motion device is improved, and then coupled with the motion equation of the mechanism to realize the rapid simulation of the electromechanical motion device. In contrast to the ideal magnetic resistance in the conventional magnetic circuit model, the non-saturated total magnetic resistance is expressed by a cubic polynomial of the movement displacement of mechanism. The four undetermined coefficients of the polynomial are calibrated by the simulation values of static magnetic force and inductance at the upper and lower motion limits. The improved magnetic circuit model can more accurately predict the changes of magnetic attraction force and inductance with the motion displacement. Furthermore, coupled with the motion equation of the electromechanical motion device, the improved model establishes an improved magnetic circuit-motion coupled model and realizes fast second-level simulation of an electromagnetic brake and valve in the Simulink system, which can greatly reduce the finite element simulation time while maintaining simulation accuracy.

Keywords

• electromechanical device
• magnetic circuit model
• magnetic adsorption
• fast simulation
• air gap