| Abstract: | In the presented work, influence of magnet shaping on cogging torque of surface‐mounted Permanent Magnet (PM) machines is investigated. The considered PM shape for the magnet shaping is the loaf‐shape PM with off‐set arcs. For the first time, based on the solution of the Poissons's equation, an analytical model is provided to predict the magnetic flux density of the slotted‐armature and surface‐mounted PM machines with the loaf‐shape PM. The influence of the slotted armature on the magnetic flux density is taken into account by considering the slot virtual surface currents. The geometry of the loaf‐shape PM is formulated and optimized to reach a design with a low value of the cogging torque. The machine cogging torque is computed by the Maxwell stress tensor. The obtained analytical model is used as the computational tool to find the dependence of the machine cogging torque on the PM geometry. Finally, the validity of the obtained results is verified by finite element analysis. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
