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Analysis of Mechanical Fixation Made of Aluminum Alloy in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machine
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 19, Number 3, 30 Sep 2014, Pages 309-313
Abstract
This paper presents an eddy current loss analysis of a Mechanical Fixation (MF) made of 6061 aluminum alloy, which is used for an NS type double-rotor single-stator axial flux permanent magnet machine. The prototype MF made of aluminum alloy shows good mechanical performance, but poor electro-magnetic performance, since the machine’s efficiency can decrease because of eddy current loss in the MF. In order to prevent efficiency decrease, a modification of the MF structure is also introduced. Three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) is used for magnetic field analysis, and eddy current losses are computed. The analysis results are compared to, and verified by the test results.
Keywords: axial flux machine; double-rotor; eddy current loss; mechanical fixation
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2014.19.3.309
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