DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience

EEL4205ElectricMachinery
HomeworkSetNo.1
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Problem1.
Aferromagneticcoreisshowninthefigure.Thedepthofthecoreis5cm.Theother
dimensionsofthecoreareasshowninthefigure.Assumetherelativepermeabilityofthe
coreis1000.
(1)Findthevalueofthecurrenttatwillproduceafluxof0.005Wb.
(2)Withthiscurrentin(1),whatisthefluxdensityattherightsideofthecore?

Answer:
(1)
(2)
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Problem2.
Aferromagneticcorewithrelativepermeabilityof1500isshowninthefollowingfigure.
Thedimensionsareshowninthediagram.Becauseoffringingeffects,theeffectivearea
oftheairgapis5%largerthantheirphysicalsize.Thecoilhas300turns,andthecurrent
inthecoilis1A.
(1) Findthefluxvaluesfortheleft,righandcenterlegsofthecore;
(2) Findthefluxdensityineachairgap;
(3) Findtheinductanceofthecoil.

Answer:
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Problem3.
Atwoleggedcorewithallthedimensionsisshowninthefollowingfigure.Thewindings
ontheleftlegofthecorehas600turns,andthewindingsontherighthas200turns.The
coilsarewoundinthedirectionsshowninthefigure.Assumetherelativepermeability
ofthecoreis1200(constant).
(1)Findtheselfinductancesofthesetwowindingsandmutualinductancebetweenthem;
(2)Findthefluxproducedbycurrents i1 0.5A and i2 1A .

Answer:
(1)
(2)
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Problem4.
Inlastproblem,wedonotassumeaconstantpermeabilityforthecore.Thematerialwill
beM5steel.TheBHrelationshipofM5steel(M5DC.m)wasgiveninclass.Findthe
fluxproducedbycurrents i1 0.5A and i2 1A .(Hint:YouneedtomodifyM5DC.m
sothattheinputisHandoutputisB.Sincethecrosssectionisthesameforallthecore
legs,youcansolveforHfromAmperescircuitallaw.)
Answer:
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Problem5.
Aferromagneticcorewithdimensionsisshowninthefollowingfigure.Thematerialis
M5steelwhosemagnetizationpropertywasgiveninclassexamples.Assumea5%
increaseineffectiveairgapareatoaccountformagneticfringing.
(1)Howmuchcurrentisrequiredtoproduceanairgapfluxdensityof0.5T?
(2)Whatarethefluxdensitiesofthefoursidesofthecoreatthatcurrent?

Answer:
(1)

(2)
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