Magnetic Torque or Force Calculation by Direct Differentiation of Finite Element Coenergy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 3578-3580

  Aronson, Eugene A ^a   Brauer, John R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MacNeal Schwendler Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DIRECT DIFFERENTIATION; FINITE ELEMENT COENERGY; MAGNETIC FORCE; MAGNETIC TORQUE; MAXWELL'S STRESS TENSOR; NONLINEAR MATERIALS;

TORQUE METERS;

EID: 0024737413     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.42369     Document Type: Article

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