TOPICS & EVALUATION

HRS

Dates

Electromechanics review: Force/torque production fundamentals, electromagnetic vs electrostatic, Energy methods, variable reluctance machines

3

8/25/20

8/27/20

Electrical Materials: Magnetic materials and characteristics, permanent magnets; conventional and superconductors, dielectrics

4

9/01/20

9/03/20

9/08/20

<<Industry Talk #1: Electrified Aircraft - Marty Bradley>>

9/10/20

Application context and its influence on design, implications of electronic control on design (move up?)

2

9/15/20

Sizing of electrical machines: Electrical and magnetic loading, thermal loadings, volumetric considerations

3

9/21/20

9/23/20

Analytical Design Methods, magnetic circuits, flux linkages, inductances, back-emf, torque

4

9/28/20

9/30/20

10/06/20

Losses: Ohmic losses, iron losses, ac losses, mechanical losses

3

10/08/20

10/13/20

Thermal Management: cooling options, trade-offs, temperature constraints, thermal modeling and analysis

3

10/15/20

10/20/20

<< Industry Talk #2: Thermal Management in Aircraft - Chuck Lents>>

10/22/20

Mechanical Considerations: structural integrity, rotor and stator dynamics, forces on conductors, unbalanced magnetic pull, rotational stress, shafts and bearings

3

10/27/20

10/29/20

Project I Report out and discussions (graded material)

2

11/03/20

11/05/20

Performance prediction, parameter extraction - Computational Electromagnetics (Finite element analysis, assumptions, limitations, model definition, validation)

3

11/10/20

11/12/20

Power converters –variable speed drives, inverter architectures, trade-offs with the motor

Control of electromechanical systems – speed, torque control, d-q model, dynamic system models

3

11/17/20

11/19/20

System interactions, equivalent circuits, system models, Fault conditions, transient capability

3

12/01/20

Final project presentations, discussions (graded material)

3

12/03/20

12/08/20