Fractional-slot concentrated-winding axial-flux permanent-magnet machine with core-wound coils

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 630-641

  De Donato, Giulio ^a   Capponi, Fabio Giulii ^a   Caricchi, Federico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine; cogging torque; finite element analysis (FEA); fractional slot concentrated winding (FSCW); losses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOAD TESTING; LOSSES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; TORQUE; WINDING;

AXIAL-FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; COGGING TORQUE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FRACTIONAL SLOT CONCENTRATED WINDINGS; FRACTIONAL SLOT CONCENTRATED WINDINGS (FSCW); MACHINE PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS;

MACHINE WINDINGS;

EID: 84859094799     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2182024     Document Type: Article

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