Potential starter/generator technologies for future aerospace applications

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 24-31

  Elbuluk, Malik E ^a,c   Kankam, M David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; PERFORMANCE; POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; STARTERS; TECHNOLOGY; WIND POWER;

MORE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MACHINES; VARIABLE SPEED CONSTANT FREQUENCY SYSTEMS;

VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

EID: 0031146324     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/62.587815     Document Type: Article

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