Release Notes

Highlights of the new version

Overview

You're using Altair® FluxMotor® 2024.1

This document gives the major information about Altair® FluxMotor® 2024.1. The main highlights of this new version are described below.

Here are the highlights of the new version:
  • Synchronous Machines with Permanent magnets with step skew technology
    • V shape, regular, and "random"
  • 2 new tests for evaluating the performance of the wound field synchronous machines
    • The Characterization / Model / SSFR (Equivalent scheme computation)
    • The computation of a Working Point (P/Sn, Pf, U, N) – Motor or Generator operating mode
  • 2 new exports of the thermal scheme from FluxMotor to Flow Simulator.
    • For induction machines with squirrel cage and Reluctance Synchronous Machines
  • New exports of LUT to System (PSIM)
    • Wound Field Synchronous Machine a Reluctance Synchronous Machine
  • Charts features improvements (Curves, maps, axis scale, ...)
  • New connectors for HyperStudy for two tests of the wound field synchronous machines
    • The Performance mapping / Efficiency map
    • The computation of a Working Point (If, I, Ψ, N)
  • Wound field synchronous machines with hairpin winding technology are available
  • Correction of issues
All the added new features are briefly described below, followed by an update on issues and bugs.


FluxMotor 2024.1 – The main highlights

For more detailed information, please refer to the user help guides. The list of documents to read is presented below.

Please see also the following sections:

  • List of new features
  • List of fixed issues and major improvements
  • List of warnings
  • List of the main issues
  • How to report an error ?
  • Documents to read

Documents to read

Important: It is highly recommended to read the user guides, before using FluxMotor®. Each user help document can be downloaded from the online user help on the following link Documents to read