BLDC motor stator and rotor iron losses and thermal behavior based on lumped schemes and 3-D FEM analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1314-1322

  Cassat, Alain ^a   Espanet, Christophe ^b   Wavre, Nicolas ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^c ETEL SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brushless dc (BLDC) motors; Lumped scheme thermal behavior; Stator and rotor iron losses; Three dimensional (3 D) finite element method (FEM); Torque motor; Two dimensional (2 D)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TORQUE;

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; HARMONIC FREQUENCIES; IRON LOSSES; TORQUE MOTOR;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 0242274215     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2003.816480     Document Type: Article

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