N-pins Conductor component

The following are the circuit components supported as of SimLab:


Component	Icon	Description
N-pins conductor		FEM coupling components, orientation affects the computation.

Note: See Coils modeling for more explanations about the different possibilities of modelling of coils.

Introduction

The N-pins Conductor is very similar to the Conductor component in terms of physics and inputs.

The only difference is that the Conductor component is defined with 2 pins whereas the N-pins Conductor is defined with a number of pins defined by the user on each port of the component.

Please refer to Conductor component for more information.

Dialog box

When clicking on the N-pins conductor component, a first dialog box appears:

Number of Pins: entering the number of pins for each port (top port / bottom port / left port / right port)

When validating this dialog box, the component is created on the circuit. For example, if 2 pins are entered for each port the following component is created:

Now it is possible to define the N-pins conductor component by double clicking on the component. The following dialog box is opened:

Body: selection of body/bodies that represent the conductor in the FE domain

Note: It's possible also to select a group of faces previously created (Create Group).

Pin_1, Pin_2, etc: Selection of the face(s) associated to each pin.

Connection type: defines if the connection is series or parallel or with a number of conductors in parallel

Eddy current not considered during the solving process (only DC current): it is possible to not consider the eddy currents (if not needed) to reduce the solving time.

Note: In a Magnetic AC 3D solution, there are three choice about the Eddy current and skin effect:

Eddy currents considered
Eddy currents with strong skin effect described by surface impedance: see the dedicated page Conductor described by Surface Impedance
Eddy currents not considered (only for DC current): it is possible to not consider the eddy currents (if not needed) to reduce the solving time

Note: In a Supplied Conductors AC solution, there are no option about Eddy Current or Skin Effect in the N-pins Conductor component.

N-pins Conductor defined by conducting Thin Regions in MAC3D and SCAC

In MAC3D solution, Thin Region load and constraint of Hyperbolic current conductor type is available.

Once the Thin Region(s) created, it is possible to connect it to the circuit through the N-pins Conductor component:

Note: see more details about Thin Region for MAC3D solution

N-pins Conductor defined by conducting Thin Regions in SCAC

In MAC3D solution, Thin Region load and constraint of Hyperbolic current conductor type is available.

Once the Thin Region(s) created, it is possible to connect it to the circuit through the N-pins Conductor component:

Note: see more details about Thin Region for SAC solution.