Vibration modes and acoustic noise in a 4-phase switched reluctance motor
- United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)
- Mottier (Francois), West Hartford, CT (United States)
- Univ. of Glasgow (United Kingdom). Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Acoustic noise in the switched reluctance motor is caused primarily by the deformation of the stator lamination stack. Acoustic noise is most severe when the periodic excitation of the SRM phases excites a natural vibration mode of the stack. The natural vibration modes and frequencies of a 4-phase, 8/6 switched reluctance motor are examined. Structural finite element analysis is used to compute the natural modes and frequencies. Impulse tests on the stator stack verify the calculations and show which modes are excited. Heuristic arguments are developed to predict the operating conditions that will excite the natural modes. Measurement of vibration while the machine is under load shows which operating conditions excite the natural modes and verifies the predictions. An approximate formula is derived to predict the frequency of the fundamental vibration mode in terms of lamination dimensions and material properties. The formula is validated by comparison with finite element calculations for several laminations, and hence is shown to be useful in design trade-off studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 419531
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510203-; TRN: IM9706%%75
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE/Industrial Application Society conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 8-12 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Conference record of the 1995 IEEE Industry Applications Society, thirtieth IAS annual meeting. Volume 1; PB: 977 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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