Retraction notice: Identification of inter-turn insulation faults in induction motor

The publishers of Engineering Computations wish to retract the article Venugopal G, Gopalakrishnan V, Rajkumar S (2020), “Identification of inter-turn insulation faults in induction motor”. Engineering Computations, Vol. 37 No. 2 pp. 546-565, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-08-2018-0361. It has come to our attention that the third author of this paper, Professor S.P. Rajkumar, was unknowingly included as an author and did not contribute to the paper. Additionally, a large proportion of this article is copied, without attribution, from several earlier articles by Professor S.P. Rajkumar, and a number of other authors. These were: S. Ponnuswamy Rajkumar, J. Sudesh Johny and A. Ebenezer Jeyakumar (2011), “Identification of Impending Interturn Faults in Random Wound Induction Motors Used in Adjustable Speed Drives”, WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol 10, Issue 2, pp. 59-68, www.wseas.us/e-library/transactions/circuits/2011/52-173.pdf Rajkumar, S.P., Gopu, V. and Anurag, G. (2017), “Effect of inter-turn faults in modifying Line-end Coil Voltage Waveforms pertaining to low voltage Random Wound Induction Motors”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 441-446. The Engineering Computations submission guidelines make it clear that only individuals who have made a substantial and meaningful contribution to the submission should be included as authors, and that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright. The publishers of the journal sincerely apologise to the readers, Professor S.P. Rajkumar, and all the original authors of the above mentioned articles.