Title :
In-wheel brushless DC motor for a wheel chair drive
Author :
Gottipati, P. ; Dobzhanskyi, O. ; Mendrela, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Abstract :
A gear-less drive for a wheel chair based on brushless DC motor is presented. The motor has external rotor equipped with neodymium-based permanent magnets and the inner stator is attached to the wheel axle. The performance of the motor is determined using three-dimensional FEM modeling. They are validated by the experimental measurements carried out on the motor prototype.
Keywords :
DC motor drives; brushless DC motors; electric vehicles; finite element analysis; neodymium; permanent magnet motors; permanent magnets; rotors; stators; wheelchairs; finite element modeling; gear-less drive; in-wheel brushless DC motor; neodymium-based permanent magnet; rotor; stator; three-dimensional FEM modeling; wheel axle; wheel chair drive; Brushless DC motors; Finite element methods; Permanent magnet motors; Torque; Wheels; finite elment modeling; in-wheel motor; permanent magnet brushless dc motor; wheel chair motor;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) & 2010 Power India, 2010 Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7782-1
DOI :
10.1109/PEDES.2010.5712392
