Nowadays, the automotive industry lays great emphasis on the origin of acoustic noise and its attenuation. The introductory section focuses on how the inverter affects the acoustic noise of the electric motor. This is followed by a description of the modelling of the Electric Drive System (EPS) and the individual subsystems, where the further focus is placed on the definition of the current control in the rotor coordinate system, the modulation process, the inverter, and the Electric Motor models. The motor models, both linear (LMEM) and nonlinear (NMEM), are modelled in the rotor field coordinate system, which requires application of coordinate transformation between stationary and rotary systems. When LMEM is used in the EPS, most attention is paid to the harmonic analysis of the stator phase currents and of the torque, which is succeeded by a description of the EPS. The thesis then examines the modelling of a nonlinear model of the EPS (NMEPS) using the finite element method, where the NMEM is parameterised using non-linear current-flux relationship. The dynamic simulation of the NMEPS in the Simulink environment results in stator phase currents, that comprise both time and space harmonics. These currents excite magnetisation in the air gap, which directly impacts the stator radial forces. Using the presented procedure, the harmonic-content currents from the NMEPS are imported in the Simscape Electrical environment for excitation in the magnetostatic analysis in the Motor-CAD software environment. The ideal adjustable voltage source is also applied for the excitation, which is followed by the examination of the influence of the higher harmonic components on the output quantities of the analysis. In the conclusion, a comparison between the simulated radial forces in the two magnetostatic simulations is drawn. By analysing the measured vibrations on the electric motor housing, an additional deduction is made that suggests that this level of modelling alone is not sufficient to predict the vibrations. Therefore, further enhancement steps are suggested.
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