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Abstract: This paper presents a novel investigation into the vibration behavior of squirrel-cage induction motors, considering the influence of stator winding configurations and pole numbers. The ...

Abstract: Superconducting motors have high power densities and thus have a high potential to be used for the propulsion of large electric aircraft. However, superconductors also dissipate ac loss when ...

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