IEE Power Division: Chairman's Address. Novel Synchronous Machines: Linear and Disc

IEE Proceedings B: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 49-58

  Eastham, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disc machines; Induction machines; Linear machines; Synchronous machines

Indexed keywords

CONTROL, ELECTRIC VARIABLES--VOLTAGE; ELECTRIC DRIVE; ELECTRIC MOTORS, INDUCTION--APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC MOTORS, LINEAR--APPLICATIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS--APPLICATIONS;

LINEAR/DISK SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS; VARIABLE VOLTAGE CONTROLLER;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY, SYNCHRONOUS;

EID: 0025207940     PISSN: 01437038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-b.1990.0005     Document Type: Article

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