Force density limits in low-speed permanent-magnet machines due to saturation

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Kasinathan, Prakashraj ^a   Grauers, Anders ^a   Hamdi, Essam S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electric machines; Flux linkage; Force density; Low speed; Rectangular slot; Saturation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

FLUX LINKAGE; FORCE DENSITY; MAGNETIC SATURATION; PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; RECTANGULAR SLOT;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY;

EID: 15044351602     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2004.837302     Document Type: Article

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