Effect of axial segmentation of permanent magnets on rotor loss of modular brushless machines

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1703-1708

  Ede, J D ^a   Atallah, K ^a   Jewell, G W ^a   Wang, J B ^a   Howe, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Permanent magnet machines

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOSTATICS; ROTORS; STATORS;

MAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETOSTATIC FIELDS; MODULAR BRUSHLESS MACHINES; PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 10944252545     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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