Design of axial flux PM synchronous machines through 3-D coupled electromagnetic thermal and fluid-dynamical finite-element analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3591-3601

  Marignetti, Fabrizio ^a   Delli Colli, Vincenzo ^a   Coia, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial flux machines; Electrical machines; Finite element analysis (FEA); Finite element method (FEM); Fluid dynamics; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FLUID DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AXIAL FLUX MACHINES; ELECTRICAL MACHINES; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); THERMAL ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 54249141042     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2005017     Document Type: Article

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