Siemens Simcenter MAGNET Suite 2021.1

The software developer Simcenter Team is pleased to announce the availability of MAGNET Suite 2021.1. With this release, we deliver new capabilities and performance enhancements to help you model the complexity of your electromechanical devices and explore the possibilities with advanced optimization.


What’s New in Simcenter MAGNET 2021.1
Here are some highlights of what the new release offers.

More Magnetostriction Capabilities For Tougher Problems

Firstly, let’s explore the increased model accuracy for grain-oriented electrical steel (sometimes called silicon steel) which enhances the magnetostrictive force calculations added in Simcenter MAGNET 2020.2.

Many transformer cores use grain-oriented electrical steel. Likewise, it can also be used in other stationary equipment in which the magnetization direction is unidirectional. Obtaining a thorough set of measured material property data can be challenging. That is because the measurements are complex and require sophisticated equipment. The material characterization is a crucial component for accurate simulation of magnetostrictive forces in such types of steels.

Therefore, to address this issue, Simcenter MAGNET 2021.1 converts more easily and accurately available uniaxial measured data into anisotropic property data for grain oriented electrical steels. This results in more accurate predictions of the magnetostrictive forces.



You can read the Magnetostriction, a Source of Noise in Transformer blog for more details on how these new capabilities predict the vibration flashpoints in a laminated grained-oriented steel core.


Coil Whine? Check Your Lorentz forces

New in Simcenter MAGNET 2021.1 is a Lorentz forces export for structural analysis. In transformers, these forces are acting on the windings. The forces produce an electromagnetically excited acoustic noise more commonly referred to as coil whine.

Shown below is a 3-phase transformer with 3 sets of windings wound around 3 limbs. Due to the stray field from the transformer core, the windings experience a force which is proportional to the magnitude of the magnetic field and the currents flowing in the windings. This force can cause vibration. Under severe conditions such as short circuit currents, it can lead to a total failure and pose a safety hazard. Therefore, a structural analysis which includes Lorentz forces is necessary to avoid such issues.


Direct Interface with HEEDS: Design Space Exploration for Electromagnetics

Simcenter MAGNET is available as a direct portal in the HEEDS Workflow Manager without the need for custom scripting. As a result, Simcenter MAGNET’s electromagnetic simulations data is automatically shared between different modeling and simulation products.




Simcenter MAGNET 2D/3D is a powerful simulation software for performance prediction of motors, generators, sensors, transformers, actuators, solenoids, or any component with permanent magnets or coils. With our efficient-to-use and accurate software, you can optimize, design, and analyze simple to complex electromagnetic and electromechanical devices.

Simcenter MAGNET virtual prototyping is both cost and time efficient. Parametric and optimization studies allow the exploration of multiple configurations, for performance improvements. The accurate replication of the operating and extreme conditions provides insight into the loss and temperature hotspots, permanent magnet demagnetization, unused material, and failure analysis through fault conditions.

Professor Pragasen Pillay from Concordia University explains how they use Simcenter MAGNET & Motorsolve for electrical machine design particularly for renewable energy and electric vehicles applications.


At the 2019 Siemens Media & Analyst Conference in New York, Siemens PLM Software announced that it is changing its name to Siemens Digital Industries Software. The company explains that the change reflects not only its position inside the core operating company, Siemens Digital Industries, but also its evolution from product lifecycle management (PLM) software to a broad provider of industrial software and services for digitalization.

Product: Siemens Simcenter MAGNET
Version: Suite 2021.1 *
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.plm.automation.siemens.com
Language: english
System Requirements: PC **
Size: 1.2 Gb