Aircraft electrification is currently the best alternative to address the rising demand for more
air transportation and deal with anticipated economic and environmental impacts. Although …

Electrical machines and drives keep moving away from traditional technologies such as
brushed machines and wound field machines toward lighter,“easier to maintain” machines …

Modern electrical machines employed in transportation applications are required to provide
high performance in terms of power (and torque) density. At the same time, being these …

Nowadays, one of the key challenges in transport electrification is the reduction of
components' size and weight. The electrical machine plays a relevant role in this regard …

Advances in electrical machines and power electronics (PEs) are helping to achieve the
power density and efficiency required by the transportation sector. However, the reliability of …

Hairpin windings are seeing an ever-increasing application and development in electrical
machines designed for high power and torque densities. In fact, due to their inherently high …

The arrival on the market of new power devices based on wide bandgap semiconductors
has raised a relevant interest due to their superior properties compared to conventional …

The use of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices, which enable higher switching
slew rates, and the increase in DC link voltage, which provides system-wide advantages …

SiC mosfet is a promising power device for electric drive system due to its various
advantages such as high switching frequency and low loss. However, fast switching speed …

For aerospace electrical machines (EMs), the partial discharge (PD) risk is becoming much
more severe due to higher dc link voltage levels and faster switching devices. Traditionally …