E. Schmidt, C. Grabner, G. Traxler-Samek:
"Finite Element Analysis of the 500 MVA Hydro-Generators at the Bieudron Power Plant";
Talk: International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Shenyang, China (invited); 08-10-2001 - 08-15-2001; in: "Proceedings", II (2001), 1072 - 1076.

For an implementation of the finite element analysis in the design
optimization of large synchronous machines, the efficiency of modeling
and analysis methods is of great importance. The presented modeling and
analysis methods utilize only one finite element model for all angular
rotor positions without any remeshing. These methods are applied to the
nonlinear finite element analysis of the salient-pole hydro-generators at
the Bieudron power plant in Switzerland. The comparison with measurements
of the steady-state parameters shows an excellent agreement and validates
the proposed methods.