TY - JOUR
TI - Thermal modeling of a linear induction motor used to drive a power supply system for an electric locomotive
AU - Nituca Costica
AU - Chiriac Gabriel
AU - Cuciureanu Dumitru
AU - Dumitrescu Catalin
AU - Zhang Guoqiang
AU - Han Dong
AU - Plesca Adrian
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 2
SP - 589
EP - 597
PT - Article
AB - In this article a thermal modeling is developed for a double sided linear  induction motor which is used to drive a power supply system for an electric  locomotive. Two cases were considered for the linear motor, with full plate  armature and with sectioned plate armature. The thermal model has been  obtained with Pro/Engineering software package and the mesh of the 3D  thermal model has been done using tetrahedron solid elements types.  Experimental validation of the model has been realized too. Errors between  the simulations and the experimental data (between 1% and 4%) show that the  proposed model can be used for accurate precision of the heat distribution  on the linear motor.