Calculation of rotational power losses in eight pole radial magnetic bearings /

at a constant angular velocity. Electromagnetic field

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Havelka, Daniel Louis
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:at a constant angular velocity. Electromagnetic field
bearings. The present study investigates the theoretical
code for two and three-dimensional applications is developed
commercially available software into a mesh suitable for
current ten-terms generated as a result of conductive
currents manifest themselves into a drag producing torque on
developed to transform the finite element mesh created by
dimensional applications, this code is verified by comparison
for computation of the electromagnetic field. In two-
loss.
losses associated with this drag torque. A finite element
machinery invites the use of active control magnetic
magnitude of the eddy current vectors and electrical power
materials in relative motion. Mechanically, these eddy
modeling of bearing and rotor assemblies incorporate eddy
power losses of these bearings associated with shaft rotation
solution by banded algorithms. A postprocessor computes the
The need for low-loss high speed bearings in rotating
the rotor shaft. This study seeks to quantify the power
with a known theoretical solution. A preprocessor is
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xii, 151 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.