Magnetic field analysis of disk coreless permanent magnet synchronous motor based on thickness variation Halbach array

Being a new permanent magnets(PMs) arrangement, the Halbach array could approve the magnetic flux density effectively, through weakening the magnetic flux density in one side of the PMs array, meanwhile strengthening the magnetic flux density in the other side. In the disk coreless PM synchronous motor (PMSM), the magnetic flux density is required to be sine wave and the peak value should be as high as possible. The paper deals with the application of the 90 degrees Halbach array in the disk coreless PMSM, adopting NdFeB PMs. For the thickness of PMs influences the magnetic flux density in the air gap, the thickness variation technology is adopted. Through altering the adjacent PMs thickness, nine different PMs thickness combination is analyzed by FEM methods. And the conclusion is that when the thickness of tangential magnetization PMs is great than that of the radial magnetization PMs, the magnetic flux density wave is closer to sine wave than when the thickness of the tangential magnetization PMs is smaller than that of the radial magnetization PMs. Furthermore, when the thickness of the tangential magnetization PMs is great than that of the radial magnetization PMs, keeping the thickness of the tangential magnetization PMs being 0.006 m and the thickness of the radial magnetization PMs variation from 0.0048 m to 0.006 m, the magnetic flux density in the air gap will become closer to sine wave gradually, and then it becomes nonsinusoidal again. And when the thickness of radial magnetization PMs is 0.0054 m and 0.0055 m, the waves of magnetic flux density in the air gap are better than others.