A switched-reluctance motor for aerospace application

Author

Villani, M. ; Tursini, Marco ; Fabri, G. ; Di Leonardo, Lino

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng. & Econ., Univ. of L´Aquila, L´Aquila, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

2073

Lastpage

2079

Abstract

This paper presents a five-phase switched reluctance motor designed to satisfy the requirements of flap actuators in medium size aircrafts. In normal operation the machine operates with two-phases conducting simultaneously but it is designed to satisfy the load specifications also with one or two phases faulted. The finite-element studies aiming to predict the faulty mode performance are presented. Experimental tests on the motor prototype are included, which confirm its capability to satisfy the planned degraded modes of operation.

Keywords

actuators; aircraft; finite element analysis; reluctance motors; aerospace application; faulty mode performance; finite-element studies; five-phase switched reluctance motor; flap actuators; load specifications; medium size aircrafts; motor prototype; Inductance; Permanent magnet motors; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Stator windings; Torque; Aerospace; actuator; aircraft; design optimization; electric motor; fault-tolerant; finite element analysis; multi-phase; switched-reluctance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2014.6960470

Filename

6960470