Air-gap convection in rotating electrical machines

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1367-1375

  Howey, David A ^a   Childs, Peter R N ^a   Holmes, Andrew S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; electrical machine; heat transfer; thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DISK GEOMETRIES; ELECTRICAL MACHINE; GAP SIZE; GAS TURBINE DESIGN; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINES; THERMAL MODELING; TORQUE DENSITY; WORKED EXAMPLES;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; ROTATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 80155179417     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2100337     Document Type: Review

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