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GENERAL MOTORS
Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV) Group
Torrance, California
Alternative-Fuel Vehicles
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Maxwell 2D and Simplorer for electrical motors
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General Motors (GM), the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing operations in 32 countries, and its vehicles are sold in more than 190 countries. GM's Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV) group in Torrance, California, makes cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans just the way drivers like them. Safe. Durable. Cleaner-running. And built to get the job done.
THE NEED
To accurately design electrical motors for traction systems in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles
THE SOLUTION
Maxwell® 2D to obtain an accurate representation of motor behavior
Simplorer® for system-level simulation
"With the addition of Simplorer," said GM design engineer Costin Stancu, "we can now design the whole traction system in a single design environment under consideration of all aspects and interdependencies between the system components."
By adding Simplorer to GM's existing Maxwell infrastructure, says Stancu, GM designers have accurate, nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA)-based motor models with versatile electrical, mechanical, and system-level modeling capabilities.
"And by implementing complete system simulation tools in our design cycle," he says, "we expect faster and more accurate performance prediction of our traction systems and, as a result, a shortened design cycle."
THE CASE
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Date |
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| SAE Technical Paper Series |
02/01/97 |
Multi-Domain Modeling and Simulation |
Aravind S. Bharadwaj - GM Powertrain Group |
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