Calculation of the electromagnetic parameters of a switched reluctance motor using an improved fem-biem - application to different models for the torque calculation

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 914-918

  Omekanda, Avoki M ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Reluctance motor; Switched reluctance motor; Torque calculations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; TORQUE; VECTORS;

NEUMANN CONDITIONS; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS (SRM);

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 0031187212     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.605732     Document Type: Article

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