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Introduction

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Starting from the mid-1950s, and progressing into the following two decades, the mathematical framework behind the finite element method was developed by researchers due to the potential of the method as a revolutionary tool in the analysis and design of civil and aerospace structures. Building off this early work, and under financial support from the United States federal government, finite element analysis software was developed for aerospace applications. Today, finite element analysis is a highly developed and commercially available computational approach that allows the estimation of the response of real world structures that are subjected to multiple physical processes. In this chapter, the role of finite element analysis in design via simulation is explored, and the importance of this approach for advanced electromechanical design is emphasized. Representative differences between single and multiphysics simulations are presented in the context of an example electromechanical system. Common challenges associated with multiphysics simulation are then described to motivate the discussion of the various computational tools presented throughout this book. An introductory overview of the selected optimization techniques that are presented later on in the text is additionally provided.

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  1. Toyota Research Institute of North America, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Ercan M. Dede

  2. Korea Aerospace University, Goyang-si, Kyonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Jaewook Lee

  3. Toyota Central R&D Labs., Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Nomura

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Dede, E.M., Lee, J., Nomura, T. (2014). Introduction. In: Multiphysics Simulation. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5640-6_1

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