Loss calculation of induction motors considering harmonic electromagnetic field in stator and rotor

A method of loss calculation for induction motors is proposed. The combined 3D–2D time‐stepping finite element analysis is carried out to obtain the copper loss and the time variation of the magnetic field in the motor. The iron loss is calculated approximately considering the time variation of the magnetic field direction and the minor hysteresis loops caused by the time‐harmonic fields using practical computer resources. The proposed method is applied to four types of induction motors, which are the solid rotor induction motors with/without slot and the cage induction motors with/without skew. The measured and the calculated total losses and the iron losses agree well in all cases. The differences of the loss distributions of each motor are also compared and investigated. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 147(2): 63–73, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10305     

Organization of quasi-consecutive retrieval files

In 1972, Ghosh introduced the consecutive retrieval (CR) file organization. It is an efficient file organization in which all records pertinent to a query are consecutively stored on linear storage locations.In this paper, we introduce the quasi-consecutive retrieval (QCR) file organization. The QCR file organization is an extension of Ghosh's CR file organization and normally offers less redundancy. In the QCR file, all the records pertinent to each query are not necessarily stored consecutively, but rather they are stored within an area of the buffer size.In this paper, we discuss graph theoretic properties of CR files and QCR files by using the properties of interval graphs well known in graph theory. We provide a basic condition for the existence of a QCR file without redundancy for a given buffer size. By introducing redundant queries, such a condition is simplified.Furthermore, a heuristic computer algorithm is given to organize a QCR file with less redundancy for a given buffer size.     

Some elements comprising particulate matter during summer in waters of various environments in British Columbia, Canada

Multi-elemental traces comprising particulate matter in natural water collected during summer in 1978 and 1979 from British Columbia, Canada, were analyzed by α-particle excited X-ray fluorometry. Common elements from all waters examined were Si, Cl, Ca and Fe. The similarity of their distribution in different aquatic environments was statistically analyzed. They were distributed homogeneously in the marine environment but heterogeneously in the freshwater environments. No heavy metals concerned with the environmental standards were detected for all waters examined.     

A demographic approach to population structure in Gyoda and Hasuda, Japan

The mean inbreeding coefficients for Gyoda and Hasuda cities were 0.00295 for 600 couples and 0.00320 for 621 couples, respectively. The mean inbreeding coefficient decreased and the mean marital distance increased with a more recent year of marriage. The mean distances and its standard deviations between birthplaces of mates, father-offspring, mother-offspring, and sibs are 53.95 +/- 159.30 km, 43.38 +/- 174.29 km, 37.61 +/- 131.32 km and 9.42 +/- 66.39 km, respectively for the Gyoda population. These values are 98.49 +/- 270.77 km, 87.60 +/- 249.91 km, 60.05 +/- 193.63 km, and 16.36 +/- 64.64 km, respectively for the Hasuda population. The dimensionality of migration seems to be one.     

Structures and stability of water nanoclusters in hydrophobic nanospaces

The temperature dependencies of in situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of water adsorbed and of adsorption isotherm of water in hydrophobic carbon nanopores were measured over the temperature range of 293 to 328 K. The structures of water nanoclusters adsorbed in the nanopores were determined with the density fluctuation analysis of in situ SAXS data. The difference of the density fluctuations between adsorption and desorption was ascribed to the water structural difference. The structural transitions of the water nanoclusters were observed around 318 K for adsorption and 308 K for desorption.