Simulations and Priorities

Some recent responses to the last post on tradeoff analysis made me think about the complex math behind the design of electric motors.  Its way more complex than you would think.  Not because I know anything about it, but a good friend of mine Dr. Hao Huang, did an incredible job of building an inclusive model of the electric motor and an optimization program as his doctoral thesis.  Its an incredible piece of programming, dare I say art?, that took an entire case of paper to print out.

In the electric motor, its not just torque and speed.  Its all the other things that have to be addressed simultaneously in order to produce the torque and speed. Read more