Air-gap force distribution and vibration pattern of Induction motors under dynamic eccentricity

Electrical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Jover Rodríguez, Pedro Vicente ^a   Belahcen, Anouar ^a   Arkkio, Antero ^a   Laiho, Antti ^b   Antonino Daviu, José A ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic eccentricity; FEM; Fourier analysis; Induction motor; Stress; Vibration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INDUCTION MOTORS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC ECCENTRICITY; RADIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE DISTRIBUTION;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38149063824     PISSN: 09487921     EISSN: 14320487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00202-007-0066-2     Document Type: Article

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