A nonlinear time-domain homogenization technique for laminated iron cores in three-dimensional finite-element models

The authors present a novel nonlinear homogenization technique for laminated iron cores in three-dimensional (3-D) finite-element (FE) models of electromagnetic devices. The technique takes into account the eddy current effects in the stacked core without the need of modeling all laminations separately. A nonlinear constitutive magnetic law is considered. The system of nonlinear algebraic equations obtained after time discretization is solved by means of the Newton-Raphson scheme. By way of validation, the method is applied to a 3-D FE model of a laminated ring core with toroidal coil.