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Design of electrical machines / August 10, 2021

Carter’s Coefficient

 Carter’s gap expansion coefficient Where Kgs is called the Carter’s gap expansion coefficient for slots and is greater than 1.0. Net length of Iron Li = Net iron length of the armature core   = Ki(L-nvbv)

 Carter’s gap expansion coefficient

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Where Kgs is called the Carter’s gap expansion coefficient for slots and is greater than 1.0.

Net length of Iron

Li = Net iron length of the armature core 

 = Ki(L-nvbv)

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