Saturation and space harmonics in the complex finite element computation of induction motors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1460-1463

  Mezani, S ^a   Laporte, B ^b   Takorabet, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Finite element methods; Induction motors; Moving bodies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EDDY CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATORS;

FOURIER SERIES EXPANSION; MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIALS (MVP); MOVING BODIES; THREE-PHASE BALANCED WINDING;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 22044458141     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.844554     Document Type: Article

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