Electromechanical relay

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2D model of an electro-mechanical relay.

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The example contains:

  • relay.pro: 2D model of a linear actuator [1][2]. It comprises a yoke, two permanent magnets, two coils and a mover. The yoke and the mover are made of iron. Eddy currents in the magnets and in the laminated yoke and mover are neglected. The permanent magnets constitute a magnetic lock that keeps the mover either in the upper or lower position tending to diminish the residual airgap. The mover is moved down or up by applying a voltage pulse to one of the coils. The commutation is facilitated by two springs.

References

  1. R. V. Sabariego, J. Gyselinck, C. Geuzaine, P. Dular, W. Legros, [http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/22765 "Application of the fast multipole method to the 2D finite element-boundary element analysis of electromechanical devices"], COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22(3):659-673, 2003.
  2. R. V. Sabariego, [http://hdl.handle.net/2268/2374 "The fast multipole method for electromagnetic field computation in numerical and physical hybrid systems"], Ph.D. thesis, University of Li\ège, 2004.