Acknowledgements |
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Preface |
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Common acronyms, symbols and abbreviations used in the text |
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Introduction to Volume 2 |
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About the authors |
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1 Localised characteristics of electrical steels |
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1.1 Overview of content of Chapter 1 |
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1.2 Effects of grain structure on domains, losses and magnetostriction in GO steel |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2.1 Static domain structures |
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1.2.2 Presence and effect of lancet domains |
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4 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Effect of grain misorientation on surface domain structures |
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6 | (1) |
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1.2.4 Effect of grain misorientation on losses and magnetostriction |
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7 | (3) |
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1.3 Estimation of losses in single crystals of SiFe |
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10 | (3) |
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1.3.1 Hysteresis loss caused by motion of a single domain wall |
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1.3.2 Total loss associated with a single domain wall in GO steel |
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11 | (2) |
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1.4 Significance of the width of main domains in GO steels |
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13 | (2) |
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1.5 Domain wall bowing in GO steel |
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15 | (2) |
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1.6 Combined effect of main and supplementary domains in GO steel |
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17 | (6) |
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1.6.1 Local effects of thickness on losses |
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18 | (3) |
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1.6.2 Effect of grain size on losses |
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21 | (2) |
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1.7 Wall spacing and losses in grains of GO SiFe under a.c. magnetisation |
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23 | (12) |
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1.7.1 Effects related to main wall spacing |
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23 | (5) |
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1.7.2 Grain-to-grain interactions across grain boundaries in GO steels |
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28 | (2) |
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1.7.3 Domain refinement processes |
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30 | (5) |
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1.8 Domain studies in NO electrical steels |
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35 | (2) |
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1.9 Internal domain structure in GO steel |
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37 | (1) |
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1.10 Rotational losses in single grains |
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37 | (2) |
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1.11 Localised magnetostriction |
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39 | (4) |
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1.11.1 Magnetostriction in single grains of GO steel |
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39 | (2) |
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1.11.2 A hypothetical model of the effect of surrounding grains on the magnetostriction of a single grain |
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41 | (1) |
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1.11.3 Localised stress sensitivity of magnetostriction of GO steel |
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42 | (1) |
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1.12 Surface magnetic features of GO steel |
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43 | (9) |
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43 | (3) |
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1.12.2 Variation of the tangential component of surface field |
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46 | (2) |
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1.12.3 Localised flux density and loss distribution |
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48 | (4) |
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1.13 Losses under PWM excitation |
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52 | (1) |
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1.14 Defects and precipitates |
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53 | (1) |
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1.15 Analysis of the stress due to the coating on GO steel |
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54 | (7) |
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1.15.1 Coating-induced stress |
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54 | (2) |
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1.15.2 Differential contraction mechanism |
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56 | (2) |
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1.15.3 Total stress induced during the coating processes |
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58 | (1) |
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1.15.4 Practical separation of effects of coating stresses |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (10) |
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62 | (9) |
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2 Practical properties of electrical steels |
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71 | (1) |
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2.1 Permeability of electrical steels |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (8) |
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2.2.1 Loss separation in commercial electrical steels |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (4) |
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2.3 Stress sensitivity of losses |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Stress sensitivity of NO steel |
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80 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Stress sensitivity of GO steel |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (7) |
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2.4.1 Assessment of stress sensitivity |
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81 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Aspects of low magnetostriction GO steels |
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83 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Effect of coating on stress sensitivity of magnetostriction of GO steel |
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85 | (3) |
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2.5 Domain refinement of GO steels |
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88 | (10) |
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88 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Effectiveness of domain refinement techniques |
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89 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Prototyping and commercial methods of domain refinement |
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91 | (3) |
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2.5.4 Other aspect of domain refinement |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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2.5.6 Relationship between domain refinement and transformer characteristics |
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97 | (1) |
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2.6 Angular dependence of loss in electrical steel |
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98 | (7) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (5) |
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2.7 High and low-field properties of electrical steel |
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105 | (6) |
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2.7.1 High flux density characteristics of GO steel |
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105 | (1) |
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2.7.2 Low flux density characteristics |
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106 | (5) |
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2.8 Effect of d.c. magnetisation bias |
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111 | (3) |
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2.9 Performance of NO steels under PWM waveforms |
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114 | (5) |
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2.9.1 Examples of loss variation with flux density, magnetising frequency and sheet thickness |
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115 | (2) |
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2.9.2 Comparison between loss components in NO and GO steels under PWM excitation |
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117 | (2) |
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2.10 Coatings and surface roughness |
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119 | (4) |
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2.10.1 Coating on NO steel |
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119 | (3) |
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2.10.2 Coatings on GO steel |
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122 | (1) |
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2.11 Current and future trends in electrical steels |
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123 | (1) |
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2.11.1 Progress in recent years |
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123 | (1) |
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2.1 1.2 Drivers for improved electrical steels |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (2) |
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2.1 1.4 Possibilities for incremental improvements |
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126 | (7) |
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127 | (6) |
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3 Other electrical steels |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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3.1.1 Background and potential |
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133 | (2) |
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3.1.2 Methods of increasing alloying content by chemical diffusion |
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135 | (5) |
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3.1.3 Commercial material |
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140 | (4) |
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3.2 Cube-oriented electrical steel |
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144 | (1) |
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3.3 Ultra-thin and automotive grade electrical steel |
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145 | (10) |
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3.3.1 Ultra-thin electrical steel |
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147 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Automotive NO steels |
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149 | (10) |
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155 | (1) |
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4 Prediction of losses in electrical steels |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Jiles-Atherton Model |
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157 | (1) |
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4.3 Micro-magnetic approaches to loss prediction |
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157 | (1) |
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4.4 Loss separation methods |
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158 | (2) |
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4.5 Loss prediction under arbitrary flux density waveforms |
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160 | (5) |
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4.6 Statistical theory of losses (STL) |
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165 | (1) |
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4.7 Other approaches to loss prediction |
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166 | (1) |
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4.8 An anecdotal historic perspective |
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166 | (7) |
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168 | (5) |
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5 Application of electrical steels in transformer cores |
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173 | (1) |
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5.1 General background and types of transformers |
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173 | (11) |
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184 | (2) |
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5.3 Losses and efficiency |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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5.5 Basic forms of transformers incorporating GO steel cores |
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189 | (3) |
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5.6 Flux distribution in a 3-phase stacked cores |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (4) |
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198 | (12) |
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5.9 Flux and loss distributions in joints of stacked cores |
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210 | (18) |
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5.9.1 The double overlap joint |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (2) |
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5.9.3 The 45° mitred overlap joint |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (11) |
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5.10 Packet-to-packet variation of properties of laminations in stacked cores |
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228 | (4) |
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5.10.1 100 kVA 3-phase, 3-limb, 9-packet, single step-lap core [ 74] |
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228 | (1) |
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5.10.2 12 MVA, 3-phase, 3-limb, 29 step, core [ 96] |
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229 | (3) |
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5.11 Some effects of mixing grades of steels in a core |
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232 | (3) |
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5.12 Effect of holes in laminations |
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235 | (2) |
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5.13 Effects of coating defects and edge burrs |
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237 | (12) |
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5.13.1 Interlaminar voltage and eddy currents due to core defects |
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240 | (4) |
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5.13.2 Eddy current formation due to core defects |
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244 | (1) |
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5.13.3 Detection of core faults |
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244 | (1) |
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5.13.4 Investigations of the effects of artificial burrs |
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244 | (5) |
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5.14 Circulating flux harmonics in transformer cores |
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249 | (5) |
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5.15 Prediction of flux and loss distributions in cores |
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254 | (3) |
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5.16 Capitalisation of transformer losses |
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257 | (3) |
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5.17 The global power transformer market |
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260 | (11) |
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261 | (10) |
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6 Applications of electrical steel in rotating electrical machines |
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271 | (1) |
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6.1 Basic principles of motors and generators |
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272 | (2) |
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6.2 The d.c. rotating machine |
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274 | (4) |
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275 | (1) |
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6.2.2 The magnetic field of a d.c. machine |
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276 | (2) |
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6.3 Practical layout of the d.c. machine |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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6.6 Efficiency and building factor of a d.c. machine |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (13) |
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6.7.1 The induction motor |
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283 | (9) |
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6.7.2 The synchronous machine |
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292 | (4) |
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6.8 Soft magnetic materials used in small rotating machines |
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296 | (2) |
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6.9 Categorisation of small motors |
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298 | (6) |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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6.9.4 Brushless d.c. motor |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (1) |
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6.9.6 Switched reluctance motor |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (2) |
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6.11 Flux and loss distributions in rotating machine cores |
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306 | (9) |
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6.12 Flux density and losses in motors under PWM voltage excitation |
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315 | (5) |
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6.13 Use of electrical machines in variable speed drives |
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320 | (1) |
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6.14 Generators in wind power systems |
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321 | (1) |
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6.15 Laminated cores in rotating machines |
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321 | (5) |
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6.15.1 Traditional lamination route |
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322 | (3) |
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6.15.2 Slinky-laminated cores |
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325 | (1) |
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6.16 Rotating electrical machines in automotive applications |
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326 | (3) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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330 | (7) |
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7 Non-sinusoidal magnetisation and applications |
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337 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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7.2 Power electronic converters |
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337 | (6) |
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7.2.1 Square wave inverter |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (6) |
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341 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Space vector modulation |
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341 | (2) |
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7.3 Losses under distorted waveforms |
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343 | (5) |
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7.4 Loss models under distorted magnetisation waveforms |
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348 | (3) |
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7.5 Influence of distorted waveforms on material properties |
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351 | (1) |
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7.6 Measurement and testing under non-sinusoidal magnetisation |
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352 | (5) |
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353 | (4) |
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8 Magnetic building factors in electrical steel cores |
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357 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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8.2 Definition of the magnetic building factor |
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357 | (1) |
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8.3 Regional building factors within a core |
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358 | (4) |
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8.4 Causes and prediction of the BF |
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362 | (9) |
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8.5 Influence of material grade on the BF |
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371 | (3) |
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8.6 BF of stacked cores incorporating nanocrystalline and amorphous ribbon |
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374 | (5) |
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375 | (4) |
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9 Use of amorphous ribbon and nano-materials in transformer cores |
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379 | (1) |
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9.1 Amorphous ribbon in transformer cores |
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379 | (6) |
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9.2 Nano-crystalline alloys |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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9.4 Traction transformer applications |
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387 | (4) |
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9.5 Flux distributions in stacked amorphous transformer cores |
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391 | (8) |
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394 | (5) |
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10 Electrical machine core vibration and noise |
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399 | (1) |
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10.1 Noise and vibration terminology and analysis |
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401 | (6) |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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10.1.3 Resonance effects in electrical steel and transformers |
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404 | (3) |
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10.2 Historical perspective of transformer noise |
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407 | (2) |
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10.3 Measurement of no-load and load noise |
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409 | (3) |
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412 | (1) |
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10.5 Origins of magnetic core vibration |
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413 | (8) |
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10.5.1 Dimensional changes due to magnetostriction |
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416 | (2) |
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10.5.2 Dimensional changes due to Maxwell forces |
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418 | (1) |
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10.5.3 Combined effects of magnetostriction and Maxwell forces |
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419 | (2) |
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10.6 Correlation between magnetostriction, core vibration and noise |
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421 | (7) |
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10.6.1 Top and side surfaces |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (2) |
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10.6.3 Magnetostriction characteristics |
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427 | (1) |
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10.7 Effect of phase displacement on noise of 3-phase transformer cores |
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428 | (1) |
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10.8 Effect of core design and material on noise |
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429 | (3) |
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429 | (1) |
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10.8.2 Comer overlap length |
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430 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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10.8.4 Number of laminations per ste |
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431 | (1) |
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10.8.5 T-joint configuration |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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10.9 Modelling and analysis of core vibration |
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432 | (2) |
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10.10 Amorphous material in power transformers |
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434 | (1) |
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10.11 Reduction of noise of transformer cores |
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435 | (2) |
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10.12 Acoustic noise from rotating electrical machines |
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437 | (12) |
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437 | (1) |
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10.12.2 Role of magnetostriction |
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438 | (4) |
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442 | (7) |
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11 Approaches to predictions and measurements of flux density and loss distributions in electrical machine cores |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (2) |
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451 | (2) |
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11.3 Computational electromagnetics |
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453 | (5) |
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11.4 Power-loss prediction in magnetic cores |
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458 | (2) |
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11.5 Justification of continued use of experimental methods |
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460 | (1) |
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11.6 Experimental methods |
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460 | (7) |
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464 | (3) |
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12 The application of international standards to magnetic alloys and steels |
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467 | (1) |
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12.1 The development of national and international standards |
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467 | (3) |
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12.1.1 The International Electrotechnical Commission |
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468 | (2) |
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12.2 IEC TC 68 Magnetic alloys and steels |
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470 | (6) |
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12.2.1 The relationships between the IEC and the European National Committees |
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471 | (5) |
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12.3 Building standards for electrical steels - grain oriented material |
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476 | (4) |
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12.3.1 Measurement standards the Epstein test |
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476 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Measurement standards the single sheet test |
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478 | (2) |
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12.4 Building standards for electrical steels - non-oriented materials |
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480 | (3) |
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12.5 Standards relating to the geometrical characteristics of electrical steels |
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483 | (1) |
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12.6 Standards relating to the technological characteristics of electrical steels |
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484 | (2) |
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12.7 Standards for non-oriented and grain oriented material over the medium frequency range of 400-10,000 Hz |
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486 | (1) |
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12.8 The development of technical report investigations prior to drafting a standard |
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486 | (2) |
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12.8.1 Technical report on magnetostriction |
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487 | (1) |
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12.9 Changes in the European organisations |
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488 | (1) |
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488 | (1) |
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13 Electrical steels and renewable energy systems |
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489 | (1) |
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489 | (4) |
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493 | (1) |
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493 | (1) |
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493 | (1) |
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494 | (1) |
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495 | (1) |
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496 | (2) |
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13.8 Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) |
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498 | (1) |
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13.9 Historic and predicted growth of electrical power generation from all sources |
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498 | (2) |
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500 | (3) |
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13.11 Impact on harmonics |
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503 | (1) |
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13.12 Impact of electric vehicles |
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503 | (2) |
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13.13 Large-scale energy storage |
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505 | (1) |
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13.14 The future of non-renewable sources |
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506 | (3) |
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507 | (2) |
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14 Environmental impact of electrical steels |
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509 | (1) |
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509 | (1) |
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510 | (1) |
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14.3 Impact of losses from GO steel on the environment |
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511 | (4) |
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14.4 Impact of losses in NO steels on the environment |
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515 | (4) |
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14.5 The impact of losses in electrical steels on greenhouse gas emission |
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519 | (1) |
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14.6 Efficiency standards for transformers and motors |
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519 | (4) |
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520 | (2) |
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522 | (1) |
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14.7 Perceived barriers to the use of TOC concepts |
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523 | (1) |
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524 | (5) |
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526 | (3) |
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15 Typical magnetic performance data of commercial electrical steels |
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529 | (1) |
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15.1 Introduction to sources of performance data |
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529 | (2) |
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529 | (1) |
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530 | (1) |
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15.1.3 Magnetostriction measurements |
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530 | (1) |
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15.1.4 Magnetic measurements under applied stress |
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531 | (1) |
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15.1.5 Magnetic measurements at elevated temperature |
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531 | (1) |
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15.2 Ranges of standard characteristics of non-oriented steels |
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531 | (15) |
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15.2.1 D.C. B-H and permeability characteristics of NO materials |
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531 | (2) |
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15.2.2 A.C. B-H, permeability and loss characteristics |
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533 | (1) |
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15.2.3 Comparison of a.c. characteristics of NO electrical steels |
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533 | (11) |
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15.2.4 Examples of a.c. B-H loop examples in NO electrical steels |
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544 | (2) |
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15.3 Ranges of standard characteristics of grain oriented steels |
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546 | (23) |
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15.3.1 D.C. B-H and permeability characteristics |
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546 | (3) |
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15.3.2 A.C. B-H, permeability and loss characteristics |
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549 | (6) |
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15.3.3 Comparison of a.c. characteristics of GO electrical steels |
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555 | (12) |
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15.3.4 Examples of a.c. B-H loop examples in GO electrical steels |
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567 | (2) |
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15.4 Examples of loss separation in electrical steels |
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569 | (3) |
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15.5 Characteristics at low and high flux densities |
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572 | (2) |
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15.6 Characteristics under non-sinusoidal magnetisation conditions |
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574 | (4) |
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15.7 Stress dependence of loss and permeability |
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578 | (11) |
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578 | (4) |
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582 | (7) |
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15.8 Stress dependence of magnetostriction |
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589 | (3) |
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539 | (52) |
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591 | (1) |
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15.9 Effect of temperature |
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592 | (4) |
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15.10 Rotational magnetisation |
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596 | (9) |
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604 | (1) |
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605 | |