Electromagnetic Vibration Analysis and Slot–Pole Structural Optimization for a Novel Integrated Permanent Magnet In-Wheel Motor

Abstract

This paper presents a novel integrated permanent magnet (PM) in-wheel motor (IWM) driving system for electric vehicles (EVs), in order to overcome the disadvantages of electromagnetic vibration and cogging torque in the topology scheme, on the basis of maintaining high output torque. Firstly, the transient magnetic field of the integrated PM motor is analyzed using the improved analytical subdomain model and finite element (FE) model. The harmonic component of magnetic force density (MFD) is obtained with no-load condition. Furthermore, the vertical dynamic model for the dynamic vibration absorber is established to investigate the influence of the magnetic force harmonic on the vibration response of the stator and rotor. On this basis, the multi-objective optimization design of the pole–slot structure parameters is carried out by using the adaptive weighted particle swarm optimization (AWPSO) algorithm. Finally, the optimization results are compared and verified by FE analysis. The investigation shows that the unbalanced magnetic force and cogging torque is significantly reduced by the adjustment of the pole-arc coefficient, PM thickness, stator slot width and slot opening width.

Keywords

• in-wheel-motor
• magnetic field distribution
• electromagnetic vibration
• cogging torque
• adaptive weighted particle swarm optimization
• multi-objective optimization