Comprehensive investigation of alternating and rotational losses in non-oriented steel sheets

Magnetic losses have been investigated as a function of frequency in non-oriented steel sheets under alternating and rotational flux. Accurate measurements could be performed over a large induction range, extending up to the approach to saturation, by combining the fieldmetric and thermometric loss measuring methods. It is verified that for both rotational and alternating losses one can apply the concept of loss separation, where the hysteresis, excess, and classical loss components are in a frequency independent relationship.