The book deals with methods for the description and design of electromagnetic components. Both linear and nonlinear components are covered. For electrical simulations the necessary equivalent circuit diagrams are derived and a general methodology is developed. Possible influences on properties via material selection, winding design and premagnetisation of sections are treated. Measurement characterization, modeling, possible errors and model limits are dealt with extensively. In the last chapter examples are discussed.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Zacharias has been involved in the research and development of energy converters for applications in the fields of energy technology and medicine since the early 1980s.

Magnetostatics and magnetodynamics.- Magnetic material properties.- Optimization of soft magnetic inductive components.- Transformation of magnetic and electrical circuits.- Modelling of magnetic field sections.- Metrological characterization of inductive components.- Apparent power and volume of inductive components.- Approximation of empirical characteristic curves.- Application examples.