The specific load capacity of radial-flux radial magnetic bearings

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3293-3300

  Khoo, W K S ^a   Garvey, S D ^a   Kalita, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active radial magnetic bearings; Finite element thermal analysis; Magnetic model; Specific load capacity

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACTIVE RADIAL MAGNETIC BEARINGS; HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SPECIFIC LOAD CAPACITY;

MAGNETIC BEARINGS;

EID: 34347251870     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.894558     Document Type: Article

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