Numerical Analysis of Large-Scale Tip-Driving Electric Motors for Thrust Fan

This paper shows numerical simulation results of a motor configuration suited to driving aircraft propulsion fans to elucidate the effects of the motor control parameters. Two experimental model results are shown to compare the present parametric analysis with the qualitative tendency of the motor concept. The parameters determined in the simulation were onset timing of the pulse, phase shift of the enamoring coils, rotation speed and input current. The results revealed several important control variables and underscored the possibility of optimizing the performance by changing the number of variables.