Eddy-current losses in laminated cores and the computation of an equivalent conductivity

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4730-4738

  Bermúdez, Alfredo ^a   Gómez, Dolores ^a   Salgado, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Core losses; Eddy currents; Equivalent conductivity; Laminated core

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; APPROXIMATE FORMULAS; COMPUTER PACKAGES; CORE LOSS; CORE LOSSES; EDDY CURRENT-LOSS; EQUIVALENT CONDUCTIVITY; LAMINATED CORE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; QUASI-STATIC;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAMINATING; MAGNETIC CORES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 77951694037     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2005118     Document Type: Article

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