Calculation of the induced currents and forces for a hybrid magnetic levitation system

This paper presents the calculation of the induced currents and forces for a 3D non-linear eddy current field problem with ferromagnetic moving conductors. The (A) over right arrow, <V-(A)over right arrow> formulation is used in combination with four different gauging methods to stabilize the solution process. To consider non-rectangular shapes of geometries tetrahedral elements were employed, The computation procedure is applied to a hybrid magnetic levitation system of a contactless and frictionless conveyance system.