The Design and Development of an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor for Wheel Drive in a Solar Powered Vehicle

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1054-1061

  Patterson, Dean ^a   Spéae, Renéa ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINE THEORY; ELECTRIC MACHINERY TESTING; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MACHINE DESIGN; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPEED; TORQUE;

AXIAL FLUX GEOMETRY; BRUSHLESS MOTORS; MOTOR DESIGN; SOLAR POWERED VEHICLE; WHEEL DRIVE;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 0029378652     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.464519     Document Type: Article

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