Parametric analysis of eddy-current brake performance by 3-D finite-element analysis

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-328

  Gay, Sebastien E ^a,b,c,d   Ehsani, Mehrdad ^a,d,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DR ING H C F PORSCHE AG   (Germany)

^c Society of Automotive Engineers   (United States)

^d IEEE   (Canada)

^e Vehicular Technology Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Design; Eddy current brake; Parametric analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BRAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; MACHINE DESIGN; SPEED CONTROL; TORQUE;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DESIGN PARAMETER; EDDY-CURRENT BRAKE; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 31344441448     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.860782     Document Type: Article

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