PROBLEM SET 1
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1. Thirty -six dry cells are connected in four
parallel groups of mine cells in series per
group. If the voltage and current rating of each
cell is 1.45 volts and 4 amp respectively, (a)
calculate the voltage, current, and power
rating of the entire combination. (b)
Recalculate the problem for mine parallel
groups of four cells in series per group.
2. Calculate the average voltage generated in a
moving conductor if it cuts 2.5 x 10^6
maxwells in 1/40 sec; in 1/80 sec.
Date of Submission:________
3. A six-pole d-c generator has an armature
winding with 504 conductors connected in six
parallel paths. Calculate the generated voltage
in this machine if each pole produces 1.65 x
10^6 maxwells and the armature speed is
1,800 rpm.
4. The armature winding of the generator of
Prob. 3 is modified so that it has two parallel
paths instead of six. At what speed should the
machine be driven if it is to develop the same
voltage as before the change, assuming all
other conditions to remain unchanged?
5. Calculate the voltage generated by a four-
pole d-c machine given the following
particulars: number of slots in armature = 55;
number of conductors per slot = 4; flux per
pole - 2.82 x 10^6 maxwells; speed = 1,200
rpm; number of parallel paths in armature = 2.
6. If the armature winding of Prob. 5 had had
four parallel paths, what would have been the
generated voltage?
7. A four-pole machine generates 250 volts
when operated at 1,500 rpm. If the flux per
pole is 1.86 x 10^6 maxwells, the number of
armature slots is 45, and the armature winding
has two parallel paths, calculate (a) the total
number of armature conductors; (b) the
number of conductors in each slot.
8. How many total conductors and conductors
per slot would be necessary in the armature of
Prob. 7 if the winding had had four parallel
paths?
9. The speed of the generator of Prob. 7 is 11. How many poles are there in a generator in
decreased to 1,350 rpm. (a) What will be the which the armature frequency is 30 cps when
generated voltage if the flux per pole is operating at a speed of 600 pm?
maintained at the same value, i.e., 1.85 x
10^6 maxwells? (b) To what value of flux per
pole should the excitation be adjusted if the
generated voltage is to remain the same, i.e.,
250 volts?

10. What is the frequency of the alternating
voltage generated in the armature conductors
of (a) a six-pole 900-rpm machine? (b) an
eight-pole 750-rpm machine? (c) a 10-pole
500-rpm machine
12. At what speed is an armature rotating in a
12-pole machine if the frequency in the
armature conductors is 50 cps?
13. Calculate the force exerted by each
conductor, 6 in. long, on the armature of a d-c
motor when it carries a current of 90 amp and
lies in a field the density of which is 52,000
lines per square inch.
14. What torque will the conductor of Prob. 13
develop if it lies on an armature the diameter
of which is 9 in.?
15. The armature of a d-c motor has 31 slots
with 16 conductors in each slot. Only 68 per
cent of the conductors lie directly under the
pole faces, where the flux den- sity is uniform
at 46,000 lines per square inch. If the
armature-core diameter is 7.25 in., its length
4.25 in., and the current in each conductor is
25 amp, calculate: (a) the force exerted by the
armature tending to produce rotation; (b) the
torque in pound feet.
16. Using the data of Prob. 15, calculate the
torque that will be developed if the flux density
is reduced by 5 per cent while the current is
increased to 40 amp.
17. What total current must the armature of a
d-c motor carry, given the following
information: armature slots 72; conductors per
slot 6; pole arcs cover 70.5 = per cent of
circumference; flux density = 58,000 lines per
square inch; armature-core length = 8 in.;
armature-core diameter 21 in. ; number of
armature paths in parallel = 6; torque 1,050
lb-ft.
18. What must be the total armature-winding
current in Prob. 17 if the torque increases to
1,200 lb-ft while the flux density drops by 4
per cent?
19. Calculate the coil pitches and indicate the
slots into which the first coils should be placed
for the following armature windings: (a) 36
slots, four poles; (b) 57 slots, four poles; (c)
76 slots, six poles; (d) 132 slots, eight poles;
(e) 270 slots, 10 poles; (f) 234 slots, 12 poles.
20. How many parallel paths are there in the
armature windings of Prob. 19, if (a), (b), and
(c) are simplex-wave wound and the others are
simplex-lap wound?
21. The armature of a six-pole generator
carries a total of 350 amp. What current flows
in each path if the winding is (a) lap? (b)
wave?
22. How many parallel paths are there in the
windings of armatures that are wound (a)
duplex-lap for four poles? (b) triplex-lap for six
poles? (c) duplex-lap for eight poles? (d)
triplex-lap for 10 poles? (e) quadruplex-lap for
six poles?
23. Make simple sketches like Fig. 39 showing
how lap coils are connected to the
commutator for simplex-, duplex-, triplex-, and
quadruplex-lap windings.
24. Determine the degrees of reentrancy for
the following lap windings: (a) duplex, 36
segments; (b) duplex, 35 segments; (c) triplex,
117 segments; (d) triplex, 118
segments; (e) quadruplex, 286 segments.
25. The total armature current carried by a 50-
hp four-pole 230-volt motor is 180 amp. If the
winding is wave, how much current is handled
by each path and by each brush arm if there
are (a) four brush arms? (b) two brush arms?
26. Determine the commutator pitches Y, for
the following wave-wound armatures: (a) 75
segments, four poles; (b) 93 segments, four
poles; (c) 229 segments, six poles; (d) 227
segments, eight poles.
27. In each of the combinations of Prob. 8,
trace the winding around the commutator and
show that the proper segment, ahead of or
behind the first one, is reached.
28. How many parallel paths are there in the
following armature windings: (a) six-pole
duplex-wave? (b) six-pole triplex-wave? (c)
eight-pole simplex-wave? (d) eight-pole
duplex-wave? (e) eight-pole triplex-wave? (f)
eight-pole quadruplex-wave?
29. An eight-pole triplex-wave-wound armature 31. In each of the possible combinations of
carries a total of 660 amp. If there are eight Prob. 30, calculate the commutator pitch.
brush arms, calculate the current in each
armature winding path and in the brush arm.

32. For each of the answers of Prob. 31, trace

30. A commutator has 456 segments. Indicate
the winding around the commutator and show
whether or not the following windings are
that the proper segment, ahead of or behind
possible; (a) simplex-wave for six poles; (b)
the first one, is reached.
triplex-wave for six poles; (c) duplex-wave for
eight poles; (d) simplex-wave for 10 poles.
33. A 17-slot 33-segment armature is wound
simplex-wave for four poles. Calculate the coil
and commutator pitches and specify whether
or not there will be a "dead" element.
34. Will there be a "dead" element in each of
the following combinations of slots and
segments: (a) 33 slots, 99 segments? (b) 76
slots, 227 segments? (c) 39 slots, 77
segments? (d) 54 slots, 216 segments?
35. A 500-kw 600-volt 10-pole generator has
an armature with 108 slots, 324 commutator
segments, and a simplex-lap winding with a
total of 648 conductors. Calculate: (a) the
number of conductors per slot; (b) the number
of winding elements per coil; (c) the number of
turns per winding element; (d) the full-load
current per conductor; (e) the current per
brush arm.
36. The emf generated in each conductor of a
six-pole simplex-wave armature winding is 0.48
volt. If the armature has 42 slots and 125
commutator segments, and there are four
turns per armature-winding element, calculate
the terminal voltage of the generator.
37. The following information is given for a d-c 39. How many equalizers are there in a six-
generator: terminal volts = 460; rpm = 900; pole 50 per cent equalized armature in which
number of slots = 130; number of commutator there are 216 segments?
segments = 390; coil pitch = slot 1 to slot 22;
type of winding = simplex lap; air gap flux
density = 57,000 maxwells per sq in.; pole-
face area = 5.75 X6 in. Calculate the number
of turns per armature-winding element.

38. A 54-slot 216-segment armature has a 40. Make a table for Prob. 39 similar to that
four-pole lap armature that is equalized 100 given for Example 9, p. 80.
per cent at the commutator. (a) How many
equalizer connections are there? (b) To what
two segments is the first equalizer connected?
41. How many parallel paths are there in (a) a
10-pole frog-leg winding? (b) an eight-pole
frog-leg winding?

42. Determine the coil and commutator pitches

for a 72-slot 288-segment six-pole frog-leg
armature winding.