Smart Design and Maintenance of Electrical Machines

Dear Colleagues,

Rotating electrical machines are widely used in key sectors such as industry, energy, and transportation, with a growing presence in modern mobility applications. Some of these applications pose challenges that traditional design and maintenance approaches fail to address. In the digital era, with the increasing demand for sustainability, new design and maintenance paradigms are emerging. In this context, the design of electrical machines, both in their traditional and more innovative forms, represents an interesting research topic. Particularly, research on data-based methods, innovative optimization approaches, PM-less designs, and novel machine topologies contributes to fulfilling challenging design and sustainability goals. Additionally, maintenance strategies such as fault diagnosis and the condition monitoring of electrical machines currently face similar challenges. Data-driven approaches leveraging machine learning algorithms continue to attract significant research interest. This trend, together with advanced signal processing tools and innovative sensing technologies, contributes to the development of novel monitoring and diagnosis methods.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest advancements in emerging paradigms for the design and maintenance of electrical machines. Original research on more traditional approaches, as well as review articles, are also welcome. Possible research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The design of electrical machines for emerging applications;
• Special electrical machines;
• The design optimization of electrical machines;
• Data-driven design;
• The simulation of abnormal operation in electrical machines;
• Smart sensors for electrical machine maintenance;
• Advanced signal processing tools;
• Data-driven fault diagnosis and condition monitoring;
• Vibration monitoring;
• Electrical signature analysis.

Dr. Jose E. Ruiz-Sarrio
Prof. Dr. Claudia Martis
Prof. Dr. Jose A. Antonino-Daviu
Guest Editors

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• AC machines
• fault diagnosis
• design for sustainability
• machine learning
• condition monitoring
• optimization
• RUL prediction