Unbalanced magnetic pull due to asymmetry and low-level static rotor eccentricity in fractional-slot brushless permanent-magnet motors with surface-magnet and consequent-pole rotors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2675-2685

  Dorrell, David G ^a   Popescu, Mircea ^b   Ionel, Dan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MOTOR DESIGN LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c A O SMITH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brushless permanent magnet motors; Fractional slot; Unbalanced magnetic pull

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR; CONSEQUENT-POLE; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; FRACTIONAL SLOT; POLE NUMBERS; ROTOR ECCENTRICITY; ROTOR POLES; SLOT NUMBERS; SUBHARMONICS; TOTAL INDICATED RUN OUTS; UNBALANCED MAGNETIC PULL; WINDING ARRANGEMENT;

AC MOTORS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLES; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 77953853622     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2044582     Document Type: Article

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