ANSYS Maxwell

ANSYS Maxwell is the premier electromagnetic field simulation software for engineers tasked with designing and analyzing 3-D and 2-D electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. Engineers depend on Maxwell to accurately design all types of industrial devices including motors, actuators, transformers, MRI coils, sensors, power supplies and other low frequency devices. These components are being used in new and diverse applications such as automotive hybrid-electric drivetrains, aerospace fault-tolerant electric power systems, alternative energy power generation systems and medical devices. Manufacturers are under pressure to produce smaller, less expensive devices with high reliability and efficiency. Maxwell's industry-leading field-solver technology delivers the power and capability to support the design of these devices.

Magnetic field distribution on a axial flux machine using Maxwell 3D transient solver.

Maxwell includes solvers for all types of low frequency electromagnetic and electromechanical designs. It includes 3-D/2-D magnetic transient, AC electromagnetic, magnetostatic, electrostatic, DC conduction and electric transient solvers that accurately solve for field parameters such as force, torque, capacitance, inductance, resistance, and impedance. Additionally, Maxwell can automatically generate both nonlinear equivalent circuits and state-space models from the field parameters that may be further utilized in system and circuit simulation analysis. This provides engineers the ability to perform a comprehensive analysis of the component with its drive circuit, loads and other system parameters.