Modeling automotive gas-exchange solenoid valve actuators

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1155-1162

  Chladny, Ryan R ^a   Koch, Charles Robert ^a   Lynch, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Engines; Finite element method; Magnetic losses; Modeling; Solenoids

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SOLENOIDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVETRAIN (EMV); GAS-EXCHANGE SOLENOID VALVE ACTUATORS; PARASITIC ENGINE LOADS; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 15844390293     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.841701     Document Type: Article

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