Global transformer optimization method using evolutionary design and numerical field computation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1720-1723

  Amoiralis, Eleftherios I ^a   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^a   Tsili, Marina A ^b   Kladas, Antonios G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Design method; Finite element method (FEM); Mixed integer nonlinear programming; Optimization methods; Transformer

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; TRANSFORMER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 61449224769     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012795     Document Type: Article

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