Reducing PM eddy current rotor losses by partial magnet and rotor yoke segmentation

19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wills, Dominic A ^a   Kamper, Maarten J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analytical; Eddy current; Finite element; Losses; Partial segmentation; Permanent magnet; Rotor yoke

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL; EDDY CURRENT-LOSS; ELECTRIC MACHINES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; ON-MACHINES; PARTIAL SEGMENTATION;

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 78649563326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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