Modal Analysis and Structure Optimization of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

• Main Authors: Jian Zhao, Zhibin Wang, Haiqiang Liu, Fan Ning, Xuewu Hong, Jingjuan Du, Ming Yu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
• Series: IEEE Access
• Subjects: Experimental modal analysis; modal synthesis method; permanent magnet synchronous motor; structure optimization
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9170606/

Permanent magnet synchronous motors are the core components of electric vehicles and widely used in the field of electric vehicles. The existence of vibration will reduce the operating efficiency and service life of the motor, which is the key factor to determine whether the motor is running normally. In this article, a certain type of permanent magnet synchronous motor is taken as the test object. The permanent magnet synchronous motor is divided into three substructures: stator, rotor and shell. The finite element modal results are obtained respectively. The modal parameters of the whole PMSM are calculated by using the substructure modal synthesis method. The weak links of the motor are found out and the structure optimization is carried out. Through the calculation of the modal analysis, it can be seen that each vibration mode of the optimized motor has been reduced, and the amplitude difference between the 2nd order and the 5th order is the largest. Finally, the modal test is carried out on the motor using the exciter method, the test results are analyzed, and the modal parameters of the motor are obtained through the frequency domain analysis method, the FEA result is confirmed by the modal test of the motor.