Coupled three dimensional numerical calculation of forces and stresses on the end windings of large turbo generators via integral formulation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 875-878

  Albanese, R ^a   Calvano, F ^a   Dal Mut, G ^b   Ferraioli, F ^b   Formisano, A ^c   Marignetti, F ^d   Martone, R ^c   Romano, A ^b   Rubinacci, G ^a   Tamburrino, A ^d   Ventre, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric machines; electromagnetic forces; finite element methods; generators; numerical models

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; GAS GENERATORS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOSTATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TURBOGENERATORS; WINDING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; INTEGRAL FORMULATIONS; LARGE TURBINE GENERATORS; LARGE TURBO GENERATORS; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING; NON-LINEAR MAGNETOSTATIC PROBLEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; TIME-STEPPING SIMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84856402842     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2173307     Document Type: Article

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