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Optimization of a finite element mesh for large air-gap deformations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2001

V. Leconte ,
C. Herault ,
Y. Marechal ,
G. Meunier  and
V. Mazauric
V. Leconte*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Électrotechnique de Grenoble (INPG-UJF, CNRS UMR 552), BP 46, 38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères Cedex, France Schneider Electric - Research center A2, 38050 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
C. Herault
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Électrotechnique de Grenoble (INPG-UJF, CNRS UMR 552), BP 46, 38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères Cedex, France
Y. Marechal
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Électrotechnique de Grenoble (INPG-UJF, CNRS UMR 552), BP 46, 38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères Cedex, France
G. Meunier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Électrotechnique de Grenoble (INPG-UJF, CNRS UMR 552), BP 46, 38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères Cedex, France
V. Mazauric
Affiliation:
Schneider Electric - Research center A2, 38050 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
*
vincent_leconte@mail.schneider.fr
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Abstract

When performing the analysis of electromechanical transient problems with movement, it is needed to take into account the air gap deformation with time. A new remeshing procedure is proposed. It is based on node displacements coupled to a Delaunay algorithm. The node movement is described using bubbles in association with a physical model. The procedure generates high-quality meshes.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , February 2001 , pp. 137 - 142
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© EDP Sciences, 2001

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This paper has been presented at NUMELEC 2000.

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