Re: [femm] turns in series

[David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mercedes sampere wrote:

> Hi femm users!
> Could anydody tell me what do I have to do to drive stator coil turns in
> series? I send you my model(stator slot is the upper one)
> Thanks
> Mercedes

When things are connected in series, each turn has the same current. You can force it to do this by
defining a "circuit" property for each wire in the bundle, all with the same current. Then, you apply
one circuit to each wire.

If you're doing a DC calculation, or an AC calculation where you don't care about skin/proximimity
effects in the wire, you could alternatively define a zero conductivity and a non-zero current density
for the regions containing your conductor. As long as the cross-section of each turn is the same, the
current in each turn will then be the same.

Dave.


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