The CREATOR Project: Towards a Computational Electric Machine Laboratory
The Collaborative Research Centre TRR 361/F90 CREATOR (2022-2030) aims at establishing a new paradigm for the simulation-driven design of electric machines. Increasing demands on efficiency, power density and sustainability require the integration of multiphysical effects, advanced materials and complex geometries into the design process. Traditional sequential workflows are no longer sufficient to address these challenges. CREATOR therefore combines expertise from electrical engineering, applied mathematics, fluid dynamics and materials science to establish integrated modelling, simulation and optimisation methodologies in a single large-scale project funded by the German and Austrian national funding agencies. This article provides an overview of the research vision, key achievements from the first funding period (2022-2026) and current developments towards a computational electric machine laboratory.