Design and control of axial-flux brushless DC wheel motors for electric vehicles-part I: Multiobjective optimal design and analysis

YP Yang, YP Luh, CH Cheung - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have applied multiobjective optimal design to a brushless dc wheel motor. The resulting
axial-flux permanent-magnet motor has high torque-to-weight ratio and motor efficiency and …

Design and control of axial-flux brushless dc wheel motors for electric vehicles-Part II: Optimal current waveforms and performance test

YP Yang, JP Wang, SW Wu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present dedicated designs of optimal current waveforms for disk-type axial-flux wheel
motors. The four-phase dedicated wheel motor has been designed and installed directly …

Optimal design and control of a wheel motor for electric passenger cars

YP Yang, DS Chuang - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimal design and control technology of a wheel motor is proposed for small electric
passenger cars. The axial-flux sandwich-type disc motor is designed with a rotor embedded …

Computer-aided design and analysis of direct-driven wheel motor drive

KJ Tseng, GH Chen - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the computer-aided design (CAD) and performance analysis of a novel
direct-driven wheel brushless DC motor drive for electric vehicles (EVs). The proposed …

The design and development of an axial flux permanent magnet brushless DC motor for wheel drive in a solar powered vehicle

D Patterson, R Spee - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the development of a" weight-power trade-off" applicable to high-
performance, power limited vehicles. The theory is then applied to the electric vehicle case …

Multi‐objective optimal design of an axial‐flux permanent‐magnet wheel motor for electric scooters

YP Yang, CH Lee, PC Hung - IET Electric Power Applications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposes a systematic process of a multi‐objective optimal design of an axial‐flux
permanent‐magnet motor for electric scooters. The preliminary design uses a zero …

Design of a permanent-magnet direct-driven wheel motor drive for electric vehicle

GH Chen, KJ Tseng - PESC Record. 27th Annual IEEE Power …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a high efficiency direct wheel motor drive for electric vehicles (EVs). The
proposed motor is a permanent magnet square-wave motor whose rotor with rare earth …

Design of a wheel-hub motor with air gap winding and simultaneous utilization of all magnetic poles

N Borchardt, R Kasper… - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new structure of BLDC motor applied for a wheel-hub motor for an
electric vehicle. Today the physical structure of BLDC motors is dominated by a massive …

Prototype of electric vehicle drive with twin water-cooled wheel direct drive motors

F Caricchi, F Crescimbini, A Di Napoli… - PESC Record. 27th …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The availability of new high-energy permanent magnets at a reasonable cost has opened up
the possibility of developing very compact brushless permanent magnet motors with …

Axial-flux permanent-magnet motor design for electric vehicle direct drive using sizing equation and finite element analysis

A Mahmoudi, N Abd Rahim, HW Ping - Progress In Electromagnetics …, 2012 - jpier.org
The design process of a double-sided slotted TORUS axial-flux permanent-magnet (AFPM)
motor suitable for direct drive of electric vehicle (EV) is presented. It used sizing equation …