DocumentCode
3213727
Title
An eddy current braking system
Author
Barnes, Lee ; Hardin, John ; Gross, Charles A. ; Wasson, Dewain
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
7-9 Mar 1993
Firstpage
58
Lastpage
62
Abstract
Details of a computer model of an eddy-current brake for application in an exercise device are described. In particular, the design of a computer analysis package (EBRAKE) which calculates disk torque as a function of disk speed, for a given system geometry and coil current is reported
Keywords
eddy current braking; eddy currents; equivalent circuits; magnetic circuits; software packages; torque; EBRAKE; coil current; computer analysis package; disk speed; disk torque; eddy current braking system; exercise bicycle; exercise device; system geometry; Application software; Bicycles; Coils; Conducting materials; Eddy currents; Electric resistance; Magnetic cores; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Torque;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Theory, 1993. Proceedings SSST '93., Twenty-Fifth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
ISSN
0094-2898
Print_ISBN
0-8186-3560-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SSST.1993.522742
Filename
522742
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