“…Of the various undesirable stresses that the IM is subjected to, a broken rotor bar is the most frequent fault that squirrel cage induction motors (SCIMs) encounter in underground coal mine scenarios. This is due to thermal, magnetic, residual, dynamic, mechanical, and environmental stresses arising from overload, supply unbalance, sparking, unbalanced magnetic pull, electromagnetic noise, vibration, manufacturing defects, unbalanced shaft torque, centrifugal forces, loose laminations, contamination, and abrasion [4][5][6][7][8]. Moreover, the rotor bars of heavy-duty SCIMs are stressed thermally and mechanically pertaining to the direct-on-line (DOL) start for various applications in underground coal mines, unlike their applications for serving other industrial needs, wherein mostly reduced voltage starting is preferred [9,10].…”