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Flux in SimLab Examples
See the lists of 2D and 3D SimLab examples using the Flux and Mipse solvers, with all available documents, *.slb databases and all script files.
Flux in SimLab : 2D and Skew Tutorials

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The user guide gives information about principles and how to use Altair® Flux® 2025.1.
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Altair Flux Videos
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Flux
Flux is a finite element software for low-frequency electromagnetic and thermal simulations. Both, 2D and 3D solutions are available...
Flux Skew
Flux Skew is a module dedicated to the analysis of rotating electric machines with skewing, allowing a straightforward geometric and physical description in 2D and the consideration of continuous or step skewing effects.
Flux PEEC
Flux PEEC is a 3D modeling module dedicated to electrical interconnections of power electronics devices. It also provides RLC extraction and generation of SPICE-like equivalent circuits.
Material Identification
The Material Identification tool is based on the Altair Compose environment and allows determining from measurements the parameters and coefficients required to create a material in Flux.
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AMDC is a comprehensive material database maintained by Altair and partner suppliers of engineering materials. Ready-to-use, Flux-compatible models may be obtained directly from this database for a growing number of materials.
Material Manager
Flux has a material manager with its own material base.The user can create his own material base and import them into the Flux models to be studied.
Flux e-Machine Toolbox
FeMt is a application in Flux dedicated for Electric Machine which permits to compute and postprocess results like efficiency maps.
Flux Examples
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Flux in SimLab Examples
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Mementos
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Macros
Flux proposes several macros enabling doing actions that are not yet implemented in Flux.
PyFlux Documentation (Beta version)
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Flux installation guide
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Flux Starting Guide
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Flux in SimLab : 2D and Skew Tutorials

Note: In SimLab, Skewed model is not a solution, but is an option of a 2D solution.

2D Tutorials


Solution	Tutorial	Description	Illustration
2D Transient Magnetic	Brushless IPM motor Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a brushless AC embedded permanent magnet motor presented in the figure in the right, includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a movable part (rotor) with embedded magnets
2D Transient Magnetic	Brushless SPM motor Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a brushless DC motor with surface permanent magnet, includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a movable part (rotor) with surfaced magnets
2D Transient Magnetic	Multi-physics (EM, NVH, CFD) Analysis of a 75 kW PMSM - Motor Mode Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a 75-kW permanent magnet synchronous machine, is running in motor mode. As presented in the figure in the right, it includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a movable part (rotor) with surfaced magnets After the 2D transient magnetic is finished, the post-processing results, such as stator tooth electromagnetic forces and loss distribution can be used for further NVH (nodal force method) and CFD (global value + nodal mapping) analysis.
2D Transient Magnetic	EM-CFD Coupling Analysis of a 75 kW PMSM (Air Cooling) - Generator Mode Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a 75-kW permanent magnet synchronous machine, is running in generator mode. As presented in the figure in the right, it includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, and adaptive slot region for CFD coupling analysis an air gap a movable part (rotor) with surfaced magnets After the 2D transient magnetic is finished, loss distribution can be used for further CFD analysis (realized by nodal mapping method).
2D Transient Magnetic	Synchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM) Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a synchronous reluctance motor, is running in motor mode. As presented in the figure in the right, it includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a movable part (rotor) with flux barriers
2D Transient Magnetic	Wound Field Rotor Motor Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a wound field synchronous motor, is running in motor mode. As presented in the figure below, it includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a movable part (rotor) with wound coils
2D Axi Transient Magnetic	Actuator Summary Tutorial package	The studied device includes the following elements: a magnetic circuit made up of two ferromagnetic parts (laminated): a fixed part a moving core a coil supplied by a 24-volt power supply
2D Transient Magnetic	DOE and optimization for PM motors Summary Tutorial package	The goal is to optimize the base point of the motor Minimizing the mass of magnet (to minimize price of motor) Maximizing the power of base point The optimization is done by HyperStudy.
RMM solution	Impact of PWM losses for PM motors Summary Tutorial package	In this study, we will compute losses coming from current ripples due to PWM supply. It will be done through 3 steps: Carry out Look-Up Tables with RMM solution from SimLab - EM Run PSIM Come back to SimLab-EM with current waveforms computed by PSIM in magnetic transient solution
2D Magnetic AC	Induction MotorSummary Tutorial package	The studied device, an induction motor presented in the figure in the right, includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, 48 slots, and windings an air gap a rotational part (rotor) with a squirrel cage (58 bars) This tutorial will first present how to use MAC2D solution to perform basic analysis on the motor and then couple a MAC2D for a more comprehensive analysis.

Skew Tutorials


Solution	Tutorial	Description	Illustration
SKEW Transient Magnetic	PMSM with a step-skewed rotor Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) presented in the figure in the right, includes the following elements: a fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a step-skewed rotational part (rotor) with embedded magnets
SKEW Transient Magnetic	PMSM with a continuous-skewed stator Summary Tutorial package	The studied device, a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) presented in the figure in the right, includes the following elements: a continuous-skewed fixed part (stator) including yoke, slots, and windings an air gap a rotational part (rotor) with embedded magnets