Simulation of inductive heating

A description is given of a software package for the simultaneous solution of the eddy current and the heat transfer equation for the simulation of inductive heating. Aspects such as velocity effects, Curie temperature transitions, RZ coordinates and enforced current conservation have been taken into account. The use of PDL (Package Designer Language) in the definition phase has proved to be a very flexible way to structure the complex combinatorics of several specialized options and to handle redefinition of the algorithms, because time-consuming items like adapting data structures are handled via PDL. This also resulted in a substantial reduction in development time required for the package.<
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