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Abstract

The thesis deals with a study of the transverse flux linear induction machine under motoring and braking conditions, with a view to estimating flux densities and forces produced. These machines have discontinuities in all three directions and therefore the field, in and around the device, has been derived by solving numerically in three dimensions Poisson's and Laplace's equations by using the magnetic scalar potential as the field parameter.

The approach has been applied and experimentally verified on a novel test rig - called the "Basic Transverse Flux Circular Motor” - devised primarily for testing the transverse flux linear induction machine under dynamic conditions and eliminating entry and exit effects for initial simplifications. The calculated and measured flux densities and forces have been compared and the correlation has been shown to be reasonably good. The computed flux density in the air gap and the current density in the secondary conducting sheet have been plotted in two and three dimensions to show their distribution along the length of the machine.

Suggestions for further work (aimed ultimately at design methods) are made.

Publication Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Department of Engineering School of Science & Technology > School of Science & Technology Doctoral Theses Doctoral Theses

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