Tubular modular permanent-magnet machines equipped with quasi-Halbach magnetized magnets - Part I: Magnetic field distribution, EMF, and thrust force

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2470-2478

  Wang, Jiabin ^a,b   Howe, David ^b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group

^d Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linear machines; Magnetic field analysis; Permanent magnet machines

Indexed keywords

LINEAR MACHINES; MAGNETIC FIELD ANALYSIS; PERMANENT-MAGNET MACHINES;

LINEAR MOTORS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 26944491480     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854328     Document Type: Article

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