A Novel Approach for 2-D Electromagnetic Field Analysis of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Taking Into Account Axial End Leakage Flux

This paper proposes a novel approach for electromagnetic field analysis of surface-mounted permanent synchronous machines taking into account axial end leakage flux. In order to calculate the axial end leakage flux using the 2-D finite-element analysis (FEA), the leakage magnetic flux in the axial direction is reflected to the 2-D model by applying the permeability factor into the slot area. The permeability factor is derived by the equivalent magnetic circuit method. At this time, the permeability factor is calculated by considering the main leakage path in the slot and the leakage path in the axial direction of air region. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by comparing the results of the proposed method with the experimental results as well as the conventional 2-D FEA results and the 3-D FEA results.