Drive topologies for solar-powered aircraft

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 457-464

  Mecrow, Barrie C ^a   Bennett, John W ^a   Jack, Alan G ^a   Atkinson, David J ^a   Freeman, Alan J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; DRIVE TOPOLOGY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IRON LOSS; LAMINATION MATERIALS; LIGHT LOADS; MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEMS; POLE NUMBERS; SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFTS; WORLD RECORDS;

AIRCRAFT; LAMINATING; PROPULSION; TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 72749109405     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2031190     Document Type: Article

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