Characterization of coil faults in an axial flux variable reluctance PM motor

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 340-348

  Nelson, Andrew L ^b   Chow, Mo Yuen ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial flux motor; Brushless dc motor; Electric vehicle propulsion; Failure analysis; Fault tolerance; Insulation failure; Turn to turn fault; Variable reluctance motor; Winding fault

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; STATORS;

AXIAL FLUX MOTOR; BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR; COIL FAULT; ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROPULSION; SWITCH-RELUCTANCE MOTOR; VARIABLE-RELUCTANCE MOTOR; WINDING FAULT;

ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION;

EID: 0036748136     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2002.801730     Document Type: Article

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