Prof. Yanpu Zhao
Yanpu Zhao (Senior Member, IEEE) majored in computational mathematics and obtained his B.S. degree in 2006 from Hebei University of Technology and M.S. degree in 2009 from Nankai University. He obtained the PhD degree from PolyU in Electrical Engineering in 2015. In May 2016, he joined ANSYS Inc. (Canonsburg) as a Senior Research and Development Engineer, developing ANSYS Maxwell 3D electromagnetic field simulation software. Since July 2019, he has been a full professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation of Wuhan University.
His research interests include computational electromagnetics and multiphysics, optimal design of electromagnetic devices, high order and flexible finite element methods, low-frequency stable full wave Maxwell solvers, and numerical techniques for field-circuit-motion coupled analysis problems. He has published 40 journal papers and authored one monograph on low-frequency computational electromagnetics.
Presentation: Enhancing multiphysical field computation methods for industrial applications
Multiphysical fields analysis is crucial for electric power apparatus such as various kinds of motors and transformers to work as expected and free of damage. In the design and operation phases, numerical computation methods offer effective way for virtual prototyping and online monitoring. It is hence of paramount importance for the accuracy of computed field results. Although there is faster and faster hardware, the underlying numerical algorithms for field computation are also indispensable for better utilizing the hardware and provide faster simulation results.
In the presentation, with reference to low frequency electromagnetic forward field analysis problems, some enhanced numerical techniques will be discussed, highlighting state of the art computational techniques and the opportunities toward digital twin technique. In particular, the detailed implementation with self-developed software packages will be presented for practical industrial applications.