No-load performance of axial flux permanent magnet machines mounting magnetic wedges

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3768-3779

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; finite element method; magnetic circuits; magnetic losses; permanent magnet machines; soft magnetic materials

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MAGNETISM; MOUNTINGS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

3D-FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; AXIAL-FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; CONSTANT POWER SPEED RANGE; DIRECT-DRIVE APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH TORQUE DENSITY; PERMANENT-MAGNET MACHINE; SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84860490307     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2169638     Document Type: Article

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