8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Wisconsin, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 18 - 22 Eylül 2016
This paper proposes a rotor tooth shaping method to reduce the cogging torque of an axial flux-switching permanent magnet machine. The rotor tooth is shaped in different configurations, including constant, trapezoidal, asymmetrical, extended, and square shapes. 3-D finite element analysis is performed to compare the proposed shapes of rotor tooth. Peak-to-peak cogging torque, fundamental flux linkage, loaded torque, and the total weight of teeth are compared using various rotor tooth angles. The simulation results show that overall minimum cogging torque is achieved by the extended shape of rotor tooth.