• DocumentCode
    1440014
  • Title

    Analysis of eddy-current brakes with nonmagnetic rotors

  • Author

    Venkataratnam, K. ; Raju, D. Ramachandra

  • Author_Institution
    Indian Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department, Kharagpur, India
  • Volume
    124
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    1/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    The field distribution when a thin conducting sheet moves with constant velocity between two rectangular and infinitely permeable pole pieces of an electromagnet is obtained by conformal mapping, after reduction of the problem to two dimensions. This result is used in predicting the force/speed and flux/speed characteristics of eddy-current brakes with nonmagnetic rotors. Experimental results on several brake configurations justify the validity of the analysis.
  • Keywords
    eddy current braking; electromagnets; rotors; conformal mapping; eddy current brakes; field distribution; nonmagnetic rotors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0020-3270
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/piee.1977.0010
  • Filename
    5253012