Tool
Transformer & Magnetic Circuit Designer
Design the winding turns and core for a transformer or inductor from classical magnetic-circuit theory — set the voltage, frequency and core, add an air gap or a flux concentrator, and see the required turns, saturation margin and flux split.
Basitçe
Bir transformatör, telin bir manyetik nüvenin etrafına sarılmasıyla çalışır — kaç sargı gerektiği ve nüvenin doyuma ulaşıp ulaşmayacağı (düzgün çalışmayı bırakması), nüvenin malzemesine, boyutuna ve şekline bağlıdır. Bu araç tam olarak bu hesabı yapar: gerilim, frekans ve nüve geometrisini gir, gereken minimum sargı sayısını ve bunun doyuma ne kadar yaklaştığını hesaplasın. Ayrıca bir hava aralığını ve isteğe bağlı bir "akı yoğunlaştırıcıyı" da modeller — yüksek geçirgenlikli bir yolun manyetik akıyı kendi üzerinden çekmesi, tıpkı bir telin elektrik akımını en az dirençli yoldan geçirmesi gibi.
Winding & core
01 / inputTypical values for the material class, not one manufacturer's datasheet — check yours before building.
Shunt / flux concentrator
A parallel high-permeability path alongside the gap
339 turns required
Peak flux density 1.528 T — 85% of this core's saturation rating.
Design result
02 / readoutRequired turns
339
Peak flux density
1.528 T
Saturation margin
85%
Magnetizing inductance
1.93 H
Magnetizing current (RMS)
379.33 mA
Magnetizing current (peak)
536.46 mA
Peak flux
3.06 mWb
MMF (peak)
181.9 A·t
Total reluctance
59.51 kA·t/Wb
How this is built: a magnetic circuit solved exactly like an electrical one — reluctance in place of resistance, flux in place of current, magnetomotive force in place of voltage. Required turns come from Faraday's law (V = 4.44·f·N·B·Ae), rounded up to the nearest whole turn, which is why the actual peak flux density is always at or slightly under your target, never over. Series paths add reluctance directly; the gap and an optional shunt/concentrator combine as a parallel pair. The air gap includes a standard first-order fringing correction — flux bulges outward at the gap, enlarging its effective area beyond the core's own cross-section, so the gap's reluctance (and the "effective area" row below) is a little lower than a naive same-area calculation would give. That correction is only reliable for a gap that's small relative to the core's own cross-sectional width — a warning appears if your gap is large enough that this stops holding. Magnetizing current is treated as sinusoidal, valid well below saturation; real magnetizing current distorts as a core approaches Bsat. This is the analytical starting point real designs use before refining the geometry in a field solver (COMSOL, ANSYS Maxwell, etc.) — not a replacement for one.
Explore: Flux Concentrator Core Geometry Lab
A 3D exploration of open-core sensor shapes — closed ring, gap, half-core, sector — referenced against a real published paper.
Further reading
- Col. Wm. T. McLyman, Transformer and Inductor Design Handbook, CRC Press — the standard reference for exactly this kind of turns/core/saturation calculation.
- J. J. Grainger & W. D. Stevenson Jr., Power System Analysis, McGraw-Hill — transformer fundamentals and magnetic circuit basics.
- IEC 60076-1, Power transformers — Part 1: General — the standard reference for transformer design and rating conventions.