Analysis of rotor core eddy-current losses in interior permanent-magnet synchronous machines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-205

  Han, Seok Hee ^a,b   Jahns, Thomas M ^a   Zhu, Z Q ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrated and distributed winding stators; Interior permanent magnet (IPM) machines; One and two layer rotors; Rotor core eddy current losses

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED- AND DISTRIBUTED-WINDING STATORS; EDDY CURRENT-LOSS; INTERIOR PERMANENT-MAGNET (IPM) MACHINES; ONE- AND TWO-LAYER ROTORS; TWO LAYERS;

EDDY CURRENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ROTORS; STATORS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 76249084559     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2036666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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