Computation of core losses in electrical machines using improved models for laminated steel

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 827-835

  Ionel, D M ^a   Popescu, M ^b   McGilp, M ^b   Miller, T J E ^b   Dellinger, S ^a   Heideman, R J ^a  

^a A O SMITH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brushless PM motor; Cold rolled motor lamination steel; Core loss; Electric machine; Epstein test; Finite element analysis; Interior PM (IPM) motor; Iron loss

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL ANALYSIS;

BRUSHLESS PM MOTOR; COLD ROLLED MOTOR LAMINATION STEELS; CORE LOSSES; EPSTEIN TESTS; IRON LOSSES;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 34948869802     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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