NUMERICAL SIMULATION IN CALCULATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PROCESSING. PART I: PROPAGATION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

The article deals with the problem of numerical modeling when calculating electromagnetic field propagation in electromagnetic molding systems. From the analysis of open information sources, it follows that the problem of numerical modeling when creating new technological operations of electromagnetic molding or when improving existing ones is relevant in a scientific and practical sense. This is due to the need to perform adequate numerical modeling and computational analysis of technological systems and technological operations at the stage of creation and improvement. With regard to technological systems of electromagnetic processing, calculation schemes and models should make it possible to study the propagation of a non-stationary electromagnetic field and to study the processes of nonlinear deformation of technological elements, which is caused by the force interaction of the induced electromagnetic field with the field of the source. Adequate numerical modeling must be based on appropriate calculation procedures based on numerical methods. The article substantiates the need to use numerical methods for calculation analysis, which allow creating calculation schemes closer to reality to a greater extent compared to the case of using analytical approaches and methods. The most effective numerical method is the finite element method, which allows the analysis of the non-stationary electromagnetic field and deformation within the same calculation scheme. In this case, within the framework of the finite element method, iterative schemes can be created that allow taking into account nonlinear effects. Here, nonlinear effects can be caused by the dependence of the mechanical and electrophysical properties of the material on temperature, the plastic nature of the deformation, as well as the need to account for contact phenomena. The results of modeling the propagation of the electromagnetic field of a single-turn inductor are presented.