Ansys Maxwell Electromagnetic Design : Basics To Advanced

Ansys Maxwell Electromagnetic Design : Basics To Advanced
Published 5/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

ANSYS MAXWELL, FEA, Electromagnetic Design, Magnets, Conductors, Ferromagnetic material, R&D, Research Experience

What you’ll learn

Build 3D electromagnetic models using cylindrical, arc, and rectangular geometries with precise material and boundary settings.

Simulate real-world magnet behavior including force, flux density, and field direction under static and transient conditions.

Design and analyze electromagnets with customizable coil configurations, core shapes, and current inputs to evaluate force output.

Use band definition to simulate motion such as rotational, translational and simple harmonic movement in motors, actuators, and generators.

Animate simulation results to visualize magnetic field evolution and rotating systems dynamically over time.
Bridge simulation with experimental data by comparing simulated results with real-world measurements, enabling design validation.
Real workshop for magnetic shield design and study effectivness of different shape of magnetic shields such as standard and slits shield

Requirements

Basic understanding of electromagnetics

No prior experience with ANSYS Maxwell required

Fundamentals of electrical circuits

Basic 3D geometry concepts

A computer with ANSYS Maxwell installed

Commitment to learning and practice

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to this course and many thanks for joining

Lecture 2 Overview

Section 2: Cylindrical Magnet 3D Design

Lecture 3 Objectives

Lecture 4 Intro

Lecture 5 Overview of N35 Magnets

Lecture 6 Outlines: First steps in design process

Lecture 7 Cylindrical Magnet ( Geometry, Material and color definition)

Lecture 9 Outlines: Define Boundary & Mesh setting

Lecture 10 Cylindrical Magnet ( Boundary & Mesh setting Definition)

Lecture 11 Outlines: Add solution setup & Add optimetrices

Lecture 12 Cylindrical Magnet ( Add solution type & Add optimetrices )

Lecture 13 Outlines: Add results report, Specify planes for field density plot, Analyze all

Lecture 14 Cylindrical Magnet ( results, Field density and Flux lines Map)

Lecture 15 Simulation result
Lecture 16 Experimental Setup

Lecture 17 Comparison between simulation and experimental results
Lecture 18 Important definition

Lecture 19 Conclusions

Section 3: Attraction and repulsion between two symmetrical cylindrical magnets
Lecture 20 Objectives

Lecture 21 The Attraction and Repulsion Between Two Magnets
Lecture 24 Repulsion between two cylindrical magnets and comparison to Attraction case
Lecture 27 Conclusions

Section 4: Different Shapes of Permanent Magnets ( Rectangular & Ring & Arc )

Lecture 28 Objectives

Lecture 29 Introduction

Lecture 30 2D design of rectangular permanent magnet

Lecture 31 3D design of rectangular permanent magnet

Lecture 32 2D design of ring magnet

Lecture 33 3D design of ring Magnet

Lecture 34 2D design of arc magnets

Lecture 35 3D design of arc magnets

Lecture 36 Conclusions

Section 5: Conductor setup ( Line conductor and rectangular loop of conductor )

Lecture 37 Objectives

Lecture 38 Line conductor – DC current excitation – 3D magnetostatic analysis

Lecture 39 Rectangular loop of conductor – DC current excitation -3D magnetostatic analysis

Lecture 40 Line conductor – DC current excitation – 2D magnetostatic analysis

Lecture 41 Rectangular loop of conductor – DC current excitation -2D magnetostatic analysis

Lecture 42 Line conductor -AC current excitation – 2D transient analysis

Lecture 43 Add iron core to rectangular current loop -Magnetostatic analysis -DC excitation

Lecture 44 Conclusions

Section 6: Electromagnet design using rectangular current loop and iron core

Lecture 45 Objectives

Lecture 48 What if AC source is used instead of DC source?

Lecture 49 Understanding Faraday’s Law and Transformer Action
Lecture 50 Transformer action between two windings
Lecture 51 Conclusions

Section 7: Define band (Rotating motion, Translation motion and Simple Harmonic motion)

Lecture 52 Objectives

Lecture 53 Define rotating band for 3D arc magnets

Lecture 54 Induced voltage at loop terminals above rotating arc-shaped PMs

Lecture 55 Define translation motion

Lecture 56 What is simple harmonic motion ?

Lecture 57 Define Simple harmonic motion

Lecture 58 Conclusions

Section 8: Magnetic Shield Workshop ( Real Project )

Lecture 59 Objectives

Lecture 60 Introduction to Magnetic Shield Workshop

Lecture 64 Task : PM Sield for large cylindrical ring PM

Lecture 65 Conclusions

Section 9: Revision on some important Skills

Lecture 66 Create object from face & sweep it along vector & split function

Lecture 67 Exporting and Importing Geometry

Lecture 68 Design datasets and pwl function

Lecture 69 Create 3D model from existing 2D model

Lecture 70 Define Mesh setting : length based method