A study on Eddy-current losses in rotors of surface permanent-magnet synchronous machines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Nakano, Masatsugu ^a   Kometani, Haruyuki ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy current (EC); Loss; Magnetomotive force (MMF); Rotor; Surface permanent magnet synchronous machine

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EDDY CURRENT LOSSES; MAGNETOMOTIVE FORCE (MMF); SURFACE PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE;

SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

EID: 33645308278     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.870037     Document Type: Article

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