Öz
Switched Reluctance Motors (SRMs) have been used frequently in industrial applications in recent years. Especially electric vehicles and domestic applications are also encountered. Although SRM is being used so widely, one of the biggest disadvantages is the torque ripple that occur. In order to reduce the torque ripple, it is tried to be reduced by making improvements both during the design of the motor and in the control parts of the motor. Tangential force is effective in the formation of the torque. For this reason, determination and analysis of the force in this direction is of great importance for motors. In this study, the effect of the air gap length value of the switched reluctance motor on the radial and tangential force values was analysed using the maxwell stress tensor method. The optimal air gap length has been tried to be determined. Switched reluctance motor with 550 W, 8/6 pole numbers are used. Radial and tangential magnetic flux density values and force values of each motor model were obtained. According to the results, it was determined that with the increase of the air gap length, both radial and tangential force values decreased.