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1 Introduction |
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1.1 Background and Motivation |
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1.3 Objective and Scope of the Study |
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17 | (5) |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (7) |
2 Magnetic Field Modeling |
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2.2 Configuration of Rotor Poles |
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30 | (2) |
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2.3 Magnetic Scalar Potential |
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32 | (3) |
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2.3.1 Relations Between H and B for Three Regions |
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32 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Laplace's Equations for Three Regions |
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33 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Genera] Solution of Laplace's Equation |
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35 | (1) |
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2.4 Spherical Harmonic Expansion of M0r |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (6) |
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2.5.1 Boundary Condition A or Far Field Boundary Condition (blr|->infinity = 0, B1theta|r->infinity = 0)) |
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2.5.2 Boundary Condition B (Blr|r=Rr = B r|Rr) |
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38 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Boundary Condition C (HIΦ|r=Rr = Hφ|r=Rr and HItheta|r=R = Htheta|Rr) |
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40 | (1) |
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2.5.4 Finite Boundary Condition D at r = 0(B r|0 not = to infinity, B theta|r=0 not = to infinity and Bφ|r = not = to infinity) |
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2.5.5 Boundary Condition E(B |r=Rb = B r|r=Rb) |
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41 | (1) |
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2.5.6 Boundary Condition F (H φ|r=Rb = H φ|r = Rb and H theta|r = Rb = H theta|r = rb) |
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41 | (1) |
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2.5.7 Solution of Coefficients ximnl and kmnl |
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42 | (1) |
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2.6 Solutions of Scalar Potential and Flux Density |
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43 | (1) |
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2.7 Simplification of Magnetic Field Model |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
3 Torque Modeling |
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47 | (22) |
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47 | (3) |
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3.2 Formulation of Actuator Torque |
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50 | (12) |
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3.2.1 Torque Generating Component of Flux Density |
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50 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Torque Model for a Single Coil |
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3.2.3 Torque Model for Complete Set of Coils |
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3.2.4 Orientation Dependance of Torque Model |
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3.3 Solution of Inverse Electromagnetics |
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3.3.1 Nonsingularity of the Workspace |
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3.3.2 Minimum Right-inverse Solution of Electromagnetics |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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4 Prototype Development |
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69 | (6) |
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4.1.1 Prototype of PM Spherical Actuator |
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70 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Equations for Actuator Design |
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75 | (5) |
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4.2.1 Longitudinal Angle α versus a |
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75 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Latitudinal Angle β versus c |
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76 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Rotor Radius Rr versus d4 |
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77 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Rotor Core Radius Rb, versus d4 |
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77 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Relative Permeability μr versus d4 |
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78 | (1) |
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4.2.6 Result of PM Pole Design |
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79 | (1) |
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4.3.1 Geometric Parameters of Coil |
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81 | (5) |
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4.3.2 Increase Number of Winding Turns |
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86 | (7) |
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4.3.3 Material of Coil Frame |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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5 Experimental Investigation |
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99 | (34) |
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5.1 Measurement of PM Rotor Magnetic Field |
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100 | (14) |
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5.1.1 Flux Density Measurement Apparatus |
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101 | (6) |
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5.1.2 Flux Density Data Processing |
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107 | (5) |
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5.1.3 Visualization and Analysis of Experimental Result |
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112 | (2) |
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5.2 Measurement of Actuator Torque Output |
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114 | (16) |
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5.2.1 Experiment on Torque Generated by a Single Coil |
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116 | (7) |
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5.2.2 Experiment on Torque Generated by Multiple Coils |
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130 | (1) |
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6 Three Degree-of-freedom Optical Orientation Measurement |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (2) |
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6.3 Algorithm for Computing Rotation Angles |
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136 | (2) |
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6.3.1 Definition of Coordinate Systems |
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6.3.2 Calculation of Tilting Angles |
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137 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Calculation of Spinning Angle |
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138 | (1) |
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6.4 Experimental Measurement |
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6.4.1 Experimental Measurement on Apparatus 1 |
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138 | (7) |
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6.4.2 Experimental Measurement on Apparatus 2 |
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145 | (4) |
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149 | (1) |
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7 Conclusions |
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7.1 Accomplishments and Contributions |
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153 | (3) |
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7.2 Recommendation for Future Research |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
Index |
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