Performance Prediction of Laws's Relay Actuator

IEE Proceedings B: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-13

  Bolton, H R ^a   Shakweh, Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuators

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC CIRCUITS--APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SERVOMECHANISMS--PERFORMANCE;

HIGHLY SATURATED DESIGNS; LAWS'S RELAY ACTUATOR; MAGNETIC EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; POLARIZED RELUCTANCE PRINCIPLE; ROTARY SERVOACTUATORS; SIZE OPTIMIZATION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0025237914     PISSN: 01437038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-b.1990.0001     Document Type: Article

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