CENTER FOR POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS Blacksburg, VA Power Electronics Web Site

Simplorer, Maxwell, ePhysics for power electronics

The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) is one of the nation's relatively few National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers. A consortium of five universities—Virginia Tech, University of Wisconsin Madison, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina A&T State University, and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez—its vision is to provide the nation with the capabilities to become a world leader in power electronics.

THE NEED
To improve the computer-aided design (CAD) practice in power electronics through integration of mechanical and electrical CAD tools

THE SOLUTION
Simplorer®, Maxwell®, ePhysics™

"Ansoft introduced the most comprehensive set of integrated software tools for power-electronics design," said Dr. Dushan Boroyevich, Co-Director of CPES, which uses Maxwell for electromagnetic and electromechanical analysis, ePhysics for thermal and mechanical stress analysis, and Simplorer for circuit-based time- and frequency-domain analysis.

According to Boroyevich, “The ability to integrate electromagnetic, electromechanical, thermal, structural mechanical, and circuit analyses and simulations within a unified working environment will greatly enhance power-electronics research and development and provide an opportunity for a drastic reduction of product design cycles.”

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