R. Zwingel et al., A STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF AXIS PARALLEL COOLING DUCTS ON THE FIELD IN HIGHLY SATURATED INDUCTION MACHINES USING NUMERICAL FIELD CALCULATION, Compel, 14(4), 1995, pp. 219-222
While optimizing highly utilized induction machines - e.g. for tractio
n applications - the problem of cooling is of importance. The necessar
y cooling ducts in the rotor lead to saturation problems in the rotor
iron. As there exist no analytical means for solving the resulting non
linear field problem, the effects on the magnetic field have to be inv
estigated by numerical methods. This paper presents the application of
the adaptive 2D finite element method for a study of the cooling duct
s' effects.