Recent advances in axial-flux permanent-magnet machine technology

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2190-2205

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial flux; cogging torque; concentrated winding; finite element analysis (FEA); fractional slot; generators; integral slot; iron losses; Joule losses; machine design; motors; permanent magnet; speed range; torque ripple

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLUX; COGGING TORQUE; CONCENTRATED WINDING; FRACTIONAL SLOT; INTEGRAL SLOT; IRON LOSS; JOULE LOSS; SPEED RANGE; TORQUE RIPPLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS GENERATORS; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTORS; TORQUE MOTORS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 84872115542     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2226854     Document Type: Article

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