Litz wires consist of many individual, isolated conductor strands. Certain litz wires are fabricated by simply twisting the bundle of strands, hence a wire pitch is realized. In this paper, the ac resistance of coils made of such twisted litz wire are calculated by combining two-dimensional finite element simulation and circuit laws. In so doing, the inherently three-dimensional problem can be solved at much lower computational cost. Results are presented for the current distribution, and for the alternating current resistance of coils, validated against measured data.
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