Analytical and experimental investigation on the magnetic field and torque of a permanent magnet spherical actuator

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Yan, Liang ^b   Chen, I Ming ^a,b   Yang, Guilin ^a,c   Lee, Kok Meng ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Spherical actuator; Torque model

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LAPLACE EQUATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; TORQUE CONTROL;

ACTUATOR COILS; SPHERICAL ACTUATORS; TORQUE MODEL;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33947262729     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2006.878545     Document Type: Article

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