A new technique for multidimensional performance optimization of switched reluctance motors for vehicle propulsion

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 672-676

  Omekanda, Avoki M ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Firing angles; Performance optimization; Switched reluctance machine

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SPEED; TORQUE;

FIRING ANGLES; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS; TORQUE RIPPLE;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 0037810992     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2003.810632     Document Type: Article

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