Experimental investigation on the magnetic field of a permanent magnet spherical actuator

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 347-352

  Yan, Liang ^a   Chen, I Ming ^a   Lim, Chee Kian ^a   Yang, Guilin ^b   Lin, Wei ^b   Lee, Kok Meng ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ROTORS;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; ROTOR DESIGNS; SPHERICAL ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 27644479208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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