Affiliations: [a] Laboratory for Electromechanical Energy Conversion and
Control, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA | Université Laval, Canada | Tohoku University, Japan
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Subhra Paul, Laboratory for
Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Control, Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City
Blvd., Charlotte 28213, NC, USA. E-mail: spaul8@uncc.edu
Abstract: This paper presents a new eddy current modeling approach in which
the edge field contribution for a finite width conducting plate is accounted
for. The 3-D steady-state analytic eddy current model accounts for the source
field contributions from oscillatory as well as translational velocity motional
effects. The paper discusses the modeling inaccuracies caused by neglecting the
source field contributions on the edges of the conductive plate. The new
modeling approach is validated by comparing the analytic calculations with a
3-D steady-state finite element analysis model.
