Electrical Machines EME4363 – Tutorial 1

1-1. A motor’s shaft is spinning at a speed of 1800 r/min. What is the shaft speed in radians per
second?

1-2. A flywheel with a moment of inertia of 4 kg.m2 is initially at rest. If a torque of 6 N.m
(counterclockwise) is suddenly applied to the flywheel, what will be the speed of the
flywheel after 5 s? Express that speed in both radians per second and revolutions per minute.

1-3. A force of 10 N is applied to a cylinder, as shown in Figure P1-1. What are the magnitude
and direction of the torque produced on the cylinder? What is the angular acceleration of the
cylinder? Assume that 𝑟 = 0.15 𝑚 and moment of inertia of the cylinder, 𝐽 = 4 𝑘𝑔𝑚2

Figure P1-1

1-4. A motor is supplying 50 N.m of torque to its load. If the motor’s shaft is turning at 1500
r/min, what is the mechanical power supplied to the load in watts? In horsepower?

1-5. A ferromagnetic core is shown in Figure P1-2. The depth of the core is 5 cm. The other
dimensions of the core are as shown in the figure. Find the value of the current that will
produce a flux of 0.005 Wb. With this current, what is the flux density at the top of the core?
What is the flux density at the right side of the core? Assume that the relative permeability
of the core is 800.

Figure P1-2
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1-6. A two-legged core is shown in Figure P1-4. The winding on the left leg of the core (N1) has
600 turns, and the winding on the right (N2) has 200 turns. The coils are wound in the
directions shown in the figure. If the dimensions are as shown, then what flux would be
produced by currents i1 = 0.5 A and i2 = 1.0 A? Assume µr = 1200 and constant.

Figure P1-4

1-7. A wire is shown in Figure P1-6 which is carrying 2.0 A in the presence of a magnetic field.
Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force induced on the wire.

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1-8. The wire is shown in Figure P1-7 is moving in the presence of a magnetic field. With the
information given in the figure, determine the magnitude and direction of the induced voltage
in the wire.

1-9. The core shown in Figure P1-4 is made of a steel whose magnetization curve is shown in
Figure P1-9. Repeat Problem 1-6, but this time do not assume a constant value of μr. How
much flux is produced in the core by the currents specified? What is the relative permeability
of this core under these conditions? Was the assumption in Problem 1-6 that the relative
permeability was equal to 1200 a good assumption for these conditions? Is it a good
assumption in general?

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1-10. A two-legged magnetic core with an air gap is shown in Figure P1-11. The depth of the core
is 5 cm, the length of the air gap in the core is 0.05 cm, and the number of turns on the coil
is 1000. The magnetization curve of the core material is shown in Figure P1-9. Assume a 5
percent increase in effective air-gap area to account for fringing. How much current is
required to produce an air-gap flux density of 0.5 T? What are the flux densities of the four
sides of the core at that current? What is the total flux present in the air gap?

Figure P1-11

1-11. A transformer core with an effective mean path length of 6 in has a 200-turn coil wrapped
around one leg. Its cross-sectional area is 0.25 in2, and its magnetization curve is shown in
Figure 1-10c. If current of 0.3 A is flowing in the coil, what is the total flux in the core? What
is the flux density?

Figure 1-10c
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1-12. Assume that the voltage applied to a load is 208∠-30ο V and the current flowing through the
load is I = 2∠20ο A.

(a) Calculate the complex power S consumed by this load.

1-13. Figure P1-14 shows a simple single-phase ac power system with three loads. The voltage
source is 240∠0ο V, impedances of these three loads are
Z1 = 10∠30ο Ω Z2 = 10∠45ο Ω Z3 = 10∠-90ο Ω

(a) Assume that the switch shown in the figure is initially open, and calculate the current I,
the power factor, and the real, reactive, and apparent power being supplied by the source.
(b) How much real, reactive, and apparent power is being consumed by each load with the
switch open?
(c) Assume that the switch shown in the figure is now closed, and calculate the current I, the
power factor, and the real, reactive, and apparent power being supplied by the source.
(d) How much real, reactive, and apparent power is being consumed by each load with the
switch closed?
(e) What happened to the current flowing from the source when the switch closed? Why?

P1-14

1-14. A linear machine has a magnetic flux density of 0.5 T directed into the page, a resistance of
0.25 Ω, a bar length l = 1.0 m, and a battery voltage of 100 V.

(a) What is the initial force on the bar at starting? What is the initial current flow?
(b) What is the no-load steady-state speed of the bar?
(c) If the bar is loaded with a force of 25 N opposite to the direction of motion, what is the
new steady-state speed? What is the efficiency of the machine under these circumstances?

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