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

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1554-1564

  Ionel, Dan M ^a   Popescu, Mircea ^b   McGilp, Malcolm I ^b   Miller, T J E ^b   Dellinger, Stephen J ^a   Heideman, Robert J ^a  

^a A O SMITH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY; BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; EDDY CURRENTS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

BRUSHLESS PERMANENT-MAGNET (BLPM) MOTOR; COLD-ROLLED MOTOR LAMINATION STEEL;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY;

EID: 36749101382     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.908159     Document Type: Article

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