The invention relates to a temperature rise analytical method for predicting temperature of a permanent 
magnet in a 
permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), belonging to the application electrical 
engineering design field; the method is characterized in that: distributed heat source of a motor is analyzed by a filed-circuit compact 
coupling method, comprising 
eddy current loss in the permanent 
magnet, iron loss in an iron core and 
copper loss in armature; on the consideration of precision requirements, the 
coupling analysis of a 
magnetic field and a temperature filed can be realized by single-way 
coupling mode. A 
thermal model of the 
permanent magnet synchronous motor is built based on a mixing method of a novel equivalent heat network and a finite element, heat parameters are rationally selected by adopting a combining mode of experimental measurement and 
empirical formula, the heat transferring coefficient and cooling condition of the motor are described completely, a 
stator and a rotor can be systematically combined by adopting air gap joints in the heat network, the 
stator and rotor unified temperature rise model is formed, the difficulty of measuring air gap temperature is avoided, material parameters are adopted at the practical 
working temperature, so as to lead the analysis to be rational; the accurate and optical method for predicting the temperature of the permanent 
magnet is realized by special correction 
processing in experimental links; in addition, the design method is used to give suggestions for 
model selection of the permanent magnet material in the motor.