A new technique of cogging torque suppression in direct-drive permanent-magnet brushless machines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1332-1340

  Fei, W ^a   Luk, P C K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial pole pairing; cogging torque; finite element; magnet pole arc width; permanent magnet (PM) brushless machine; stator teeth pairing; stepped rotor skewing

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS MACHINES; COGGING TORQUE; FINITE ELEMENT; MAGNET POLE-ARC WIDTH; MAGNET POLES; STATOR TOOTH; STEPPED ROTOR SKEWING;

DENTISTRY; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLES; STATORS;

TORQUE;

EID: 77954879242     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2049551     Document Type: Article

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