Evolution and modern approaches for thermal analysis of electrical machines

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 871-882

  Boglietti, Aldo ^a   Cavagnino, Andrea ^a   Staton, David ^b   Shanel, Martin ^c   Mueller, Marjus ^d   Mejuto, Carlos ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MOTOR DESIGN LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMMINS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed fluid dynamic; Electrical machines; Finite element analysis (FEA); Lumped parameter thermal network (LPTN); Thermal model; Thermal parameter identification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

COMPUTED FLUID DYNAMIC; ELECTRICAL MACHINES; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); LUMPED-PARAMETER THERMAL NETWORK (LPTN); THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 63149168028     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2011622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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