Switched reluctance motors are of simple construction. Along with salient pole stator systems, they include a rotor without conductor or magnet and are therefore the simplest of all electric motor rotors. Its simplicity makes the SRM inexpensive and reliable, along with its capacity at high speed and high torque in relation to inertia. Mathematical modelling of SRMs still constitutes the only real means of studying them in the fields of scientific research and design. In this article, we propose the combined method, which brings together the field-theoretical method approach usedfor calculation of the magnetic systems of commutated reluctance motors (SRMs) and analysis of electromagnetic processes in electric drive systems using the electrical circuits theoretical method. We then present a few results of the experiment with a type 8/6 SRM in order to validate the simulation method developed.
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology. - 2012. Vol. 41 No.1, p.60-68