Calculating the forces created by an electrodynamic wheel using a 2-D steady-state finite-element method

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Bird, Jonathan ^b   Lipo, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Electromagnetic analysis; Finite element methods; Halbach rotor; Maglev

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRODYNAMIC WHEELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; HALBACH ROTOR; MAGNETIC ROTORS; MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIALS;

WHEELS;

EID: 38349151645     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.913038     Document Type: Article

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