Optimal design of an in-wheel BLDC motor for a kick scooter

摘要

The paper presents an optimization design of an in-wheel BLDC motor for a kick scooter. The optimization is performed using a genetic optimization tool combined with a FEM commercial software. The new contributions of the paper are: i) introduction of three operating modes for which the motor is optimized with a reduced number of FEM simulations and ii) new approach to simultaneously maximize the energetic efficiency, minimize the cogging and respect the thermal constraint.