A New Segmented Rotor to Mitigate Torque Ripple and Electromagnetic Vibration of Interior Permanent Magnet Machine

This article presents a new rotor configuration for V-shaped interior permanent magnet machine to reduce torque ripple and electromagnetic vibration. The proposed rotor structure consists of two segments staggered mechanically 180°. In each segment, the intersection angle between two magnets of one V-shaped pole is different to the others, resulting in a different pole arc to pole pitch ratio. The dimensions and total volumes of magnets keep unchanged. Benefitting from the two opposing segments, unbalanced magnetic pull can be offset. Machine performances in terms of back-EMF,
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