An analytical determination of eddy-current losses in a configuration with a rotating permanent magnet

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3380-3386

  Markovic, Miroslav ^a   Perriard, Yves ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Losses; Permanent magnet

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; EDDY CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ROTATION; STATORS;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EDDY-CURRENT LOSSES; FINITE-ELEMENT SOFTWARE;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 34547476526     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.900570     Document Type: Article

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