Abstract:As the core hydraulic components of electro-hydraulic control systems, electromagnets are widely used in aerospace and petroleum industries. The Joule heat and electromagnetic loss generated by its operation will lead to rapid temperature increase, local thermal stress and uneven expansion deformation, which will seriously affect the stability and service life. The evolution law of temperature, stress and deformation of electromagnet was studied by finite element software, and the influence law of heat dissipation of heat conduction sleeve and forced convection heat dissipation on its thermal performance was analyzed. The results show that the maximum temperature, thermal stress and deformation of the electromagnet increase linearly with the increase of the coil power, and with the increase of sleeve thickness, the steady-state maximum temperature, deformation and thermal conductivity decrease linearly, and the temperature drop is 12.5℃/mm. Moreover, With the increase of flow rate, the maximum temperature, thermal stress and deformation decreased significantly, and the temperature drop range was 45.5℃/(m/s). It shows that both enhanced heat conduction and convection can improve the thermal performance of electromagnet, and convection is more significant.