Three-dimensional finite element analysis of permanent magnet brushless DC motor drives - Status of the state of the art

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-275

  Demerdash, Nabeel A O ^a   Alhamadi, Mohd A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VECTORS;

COUPLED MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIAL MAGNETIC SCALAR POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS COMPUTATION; PERMANENT MAGNET BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 0030125894     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.491350     Document Type: Article

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