Novel in-wheel axial-flux segmented switched reluctance motor

In this paper a novel axial-flux segmented rotor switched reluctance motor (AFSSRM) with a stator sandwiched by two rotors with a particular form of the segments is presented. The machine has magnetic short paths with no flux reversal and the active magnetic parts are made of soft magnetic composites. An in-wheel AFSSRM, specially intended for direct drive of light motorcycles, is designed. Electromagnetic analysis of the AFSSRM is carried out using 3D finite element. Matlab-Simulink simulations of the whole in-wheel AFSSRM drive are used to verify its behavior.