Study of the Influence of the Fabrication Process Imperfections on the Performances of a Claw Pole Synchronous Machine Using a Stochastic Approach

Abstract

In mass production, fabrication processes of electrical machines are not perfectly repeatable with time, leading to dispersions on the dimensions which are not equal to their nominal values. The issue is then to link the dispersions on the dimensions which are uncertain to the performances of electrical machines in order to evaluate their influence. To deal with uncertainty, there is a growing interest in the stochastic approach, which consists in modelling the uncertain parameters with random variables. In fact, this approach enables to quantify the influence of the variability of the uncertain parameters on the variability of the quantities of interest. In this paper, a stochastic approach coupled with a 3D Finite Element model is used to study the influence of the fabrication process imperfections like the rotor eccentricity and the stator deformation on the performances of a claw pole synchronous machine.