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15 - General Engineering
University of Bristol
Thermal Design of High-Energy-Density Wound Components
Thermal effects are limiting factor on weight and volume of motors and numerous other wound components needed in automotive and aerospace applications. Paper proposes technique for simplifying and accelerating thermal modelling using finite-element method by introduction of lumped regions. Novel technique uses thermal data from tests on composite-material sample that is representative of composite-material region and accounts for material thermal anisotropy. Technique has been successfully used in design of high-energy-density passive components and electrical machines in various research projects, most specifically in EPSRC "VESI" project (EP/I038543/1, £3.15M, 2011-5).