A finite element technique for calculating the magnet sizes and inductances of permanent magnet machines

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 116-122

  Pavlik, D ^a   Garg, V K ^a   Repp, J R ^a   Weiss, J ^b  

^a Westinghouse R&D Center ^*

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINERY, SYNCHRONOUS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABC PHASE CURRENT MODEL; DIRECT AND QUADRATURE AXIS REACTANCES; EQUIVALENT D-Q REPRESENTATION; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES;

MAGNETS;

EID: 0023980445     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: 15580059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/60.4211     Document Type: Article

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