Reduction of cogging forces in a tubular linear synchronous motor by optimising the secondary design

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 689-692

  Van Zyl, A W ^a   Landy, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX; OPTIMIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; STEEL; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

COGGING FORCE; TUBULAR LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR;

LINEAR MOTORS;

EID: 0036996180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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