ANSYS and Closed Form Solution for a Cast Steel and
Cast Iron Magnetic Circuit

Finite Element Model

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Finite Element Mesh and Problem Setup

 

Magnetic Flux (Tesla) Contours

 
Iron BH Curve Steel BH Curve

Cast Iron and Cast Steel BH Curves

 

ANSYS Closed Form*
Average Flux 0.44 Tesla 0.45 Tesla

 

*Schaum's Outline Series, Theory and Problems of Electromagnetics, McGraw-Hill, 1979, Page 148.