Axial flux permanent magnet brushless machines

Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Brushless Machines

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-340

  Gieras, Jacek F ^a   Wang, Rong Jie ^b   Kamper, Maarten J ^b  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84892038756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2720-6     Document Type: Book

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