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NationalUniversityofSingapore

DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering

ME2143/ME2143ETutorialDCMotors
1.

SupposethatwewishtodesignalinearmotorbasedonthesimpleDCmachinethatconsists
ofaconductingbarslidingonconductingrails.Thelinearmotorshoulddeliver1hpata
steadybarvelocityof20m/s.Thefluxdensityislimitedto1Tbythemagneticpropertiesof
thematerialstobeused.Thelengthofthebaristobe0.5m,andtheresistanceis0.06
ohms.Findthearmaturecurrent,thesourcevoltageandtheefficiencyofthemachine.
Assumethattheonlylossisduetothearmatureresistance.

2.

ConsiderthelinearDCmachineofFigureP16.23.Whentheswitchcloses,istheforceonthe
bartowardthetopofthepageortowardthebottom?Determinetheinitial(starting)force.
Also,determinethefinalvelocityofthebarneglectingfriction.

(Hembley,2011:P16.22Answers:74.6A,14.48Vand69.1%)

FigureP16.23

(Hambley,2011:P16.23Answers:50A,5.13m/s)
3.

Supposethatanexternalforceof10Ndirectedtowardthetopofthepageisappliedtothe
barshowninFigureP16.23.Insteadystate,isthemachineactingasamotororasa
generator?Findthepowersuppliedorabsorbedbya.theelectricalvoltagesourceVT;b.RA;
andc.theexternalforce.

4.

AcertainDCmotorhasR_A=1.3ohms,I_A=10A,andproducesabackEMFE_A=240V,
whileoperatingataspeedof1200rpm.Determinethevoltageappliedtothearmature,the
developedtorque,andthedevelopedpower.

(Hambley,2011:P16.24Answers:51.28W,10.52W,40.76W)

(Hembley,2011:P16.30Answers:253V,19.10Nmand2400W)

5.

ADCmotoroperateswithaloadthatdemandsconstantdevelopedtorque.WithVT=175V,
themotoroperatesat1200rpmandhasIA=10A.Thearmatureresistanceis5ohmsand
thefieldcurrentremainsconstant.DeterminethespeedifVTisincreasedto250V.

6.

AcertainshuntconnectedDCmotorhasR_A=1ohm,R_F+R_adj=200ohms,andV_T=
200V.Ataspeedof1200rpm,therotationallossesare50WandE_A=175V.Findtheno
loadspeedinrpm.

7.

AseriesconnectedDCmotorhasR_F+R_A=0.6ohmsanddrawsI_A=40AfromtheDC
sourcevoltageV_T=220V,whilerunningat900rpm.WhatisthespeedforI_A=20A?
AssumealinearrelationshipbetweenI_Aandphi.

(Hambley,2011:P16.36Answer:1920rpm)

(Hambley,2011:P16.45Answer:1369rpm)

(Hambley,2011:P16.57Answer:1910rpm)

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