Optimization of electric motor for a solar airplane application

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1053-1061

  Ragot, Patrick ^a   Markovic, Miroslav ^a   Perriard, Yves ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brushless dc (BLDC) motor; Global optimization; Multiphysic analytical model

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRUSHLESS DC (BLDC) MOTOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; MULTIPHYSIC ANALYTICAL MODEL; THERMAL MODELS;

DC MOTORS;

EID: 33746337298     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.876073     Document Type: Article

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