Title : 
Eddy-Current Losses in Induction Motor End-Turn Clamping Rings [includes discussion]
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
MEMBER AIEE, General Electric Company, Ithaca, N. Y.
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A method of calculation of the eddy-current loss in solid copper induction motor end-turn clamping rings is presented. Theoretical calculations and test results are given for a 2-pole 60-cycle motor, and are shown to be in close agreement.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Clamps; Conducting materials; Dielectric losses; Eddy currents; Equations; Heat transfer; Hysteresis motors; Induction motors; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Power Apparatus and Systems, Part III. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/AIEEPAS.1954.4498871