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Rotor dynamics and stator vibrations of a novel IPM synchronous motor
(2015) Goraj, Robert; Spagnolo, Aristide
This paper presents the rotor-dynamical computations of a technology demonstrator of an interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous motor designed at the Research and Technology Center of Siemens AG within the framework of the European-funded project called MotorBrain. The computations were split into parts consisting of modal and harmonic analyses performed numerically using FEM algorithms and the post-processing estimation of the amplitudes of rotor displacement and velocity within the whole range of a motor’s rotation speed. The authors determined modal damping ratios and found resonance frequencies. In a further step, forces were applied to the rotor in order to determine the oscillation amplitudes of points placed along the rotor's geometrical axis (in the cases of both mechanically- and electromagnetically-excited rotors). The computations were performed for the excitation of the first and second flexural vibration mode. Except for rotor-dynamical computations, the authors performed vibration analyses of the stator along with the motor housing. The stator resonance frequencies and their modal deformation shapes were determined. In a further step, electromagnetic forces acting on the stator teeth were numerically found. These forces were then applied to each stator tooth in order to perform harmonic vibration analyses in an attempt to determine the spatial average velocity of the motor housing circumference area.