Characterization of Flux Rotation and of the Ensuing Core Losses in the Stator of Induction Motors

A literature survey reveals that the study of rotational power losses in stator cores has been conventionally performed by means of finite-element analysis. This paper proposes an alternative characterization of rotational power losses in the tooth roots—a region that has been long known as a seat of flux rotation—relating some geometric dimensions to the values of flux density of interest to compute the rotational losses over the region. A simplified computation of maximum and minimum flux densities is proposed based on the trajectories of flux at singular time intervals. This enables the calculation using analytical expressions. For that reason, the proposed approach improves the power losses analysis in early design stages, showing the impact of projected geometries on the total loss estimate. Moreover, it consequently provides a tool to include the rotational losses estimate within optimization-oriented iterative searches.