Laminated core - Material property measurement

[thirumuruga]

Hi,

I am working electric motor stators. Now, the stator core is not a solid metal piece but is a laminated one. How do I proceed with assigning the material data? I feel that the strength would be lesser along the direction in which the lamination has been done.

So how is the material properties along the lamination direction obtained?
Do they do a direct measurement like taking a piece of the core and testing it on a UTM?
Do they do any indirect method to estimate the material properties in that direction?

 

[electricpete]

I doubt I'll be able to help, but for what purpose are you estimating properties?