Dimensional analysis and constraint propagation systems applied to the design of electromagnetic devices

Author

Almaghrawi, Ahmed ; Wong, Yick K. ; Saxena, Gautam ; Lowther, David A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1673

Lastpage

1676

Abstract

The paper addresses the two issues of whether the specification of a particular device is complete (i.e. a numerical model could be constructed from them) and whether ranges set on particular parameters lead to a physically valid search space. The methods used involve structuring a mathematical model as an equation network providing relationships between parameters. The dimensions of the specifications are checked against the model using dimensional analysis and the effects of ranges are determined by using interval mathematics coupled with constraint propagation

Keywords

constraint handling; electromagnetic devices; optimisation; constraint propagation systems; dimensional analysis; electromagnetic devices; equation network; interval mathematics; mathematical model; numerical model; physically valid search space; Design optimization; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetic propagation; Equations; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Numerical models; Physics; Power generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.877764

Filename

877764