A refined approach exploiting tubes of flux for analysis of linear switched reluctance motors

Issue title: Selected Papers from ISEF 2015

Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba and Sƚawomir Wiak

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stuikys, A.^* | Rotaru, M. | Sykulski, J.K.

Affiliations: ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: A. Stuikys, ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. E-mail:A.Stuikys@soton.ac.uk

Abstract: A field modelling approach is presented exploiting approximate magnetic flux distributions. The method is an extension of flux-tubes and tubes-and-slices techniques. A combination of an equivalent magnetic circuit approach with improved description of relevant flux paths allows for a computationally efficient algorithm suitable for design optimization. The method is illustrated using an example of a linear switched reluctance motor and validated using finite element simulations.

Keywords: Switched reluctance motor, design optimization, flux tube modelling, flux linkage estimation, non-linear magnetic circuits, magnetic equivalent circuits

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2022

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 51, no. s1, pp. S13-S21, 2016