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THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering


MEC 3102
Assignment 1: Electromechanical devices (Due on 03/09/24) Class Time
TUTORIAL AND ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

1. What are Magnetic fields and give its application? [5]


2. A long, rigid wire lying along the y-axis carries a 5.0 A current flowing in the positive y-
direction. What is the magnetic force per unit on the wire? Consider the directions too.
(a) A constant magnetic field of magnitude 0.3T is directed along the positive x-axis.
[2.5]
(b) A constant magnetic field of magnitude 0.3T is directed 30 degrees from the x-axis
towards the +y-axis. [2.5]
3. Three straight conductors are arranged as shown below:

Determine the magnetic force acting on the second wire for 2.5m length. [5]

4. The axle of a certain motor car is 1.5 m long. Calculate the e.m.f. generated in it when
the car is travelling at 140 km/h. Assume the vertical component of the earth’s magnetic
field to be 40 μT.
5. Two coils, A and B, are wound on the same ferromagnetic core. There are 300 turns on A
and 2800 turns on B. A current of 4 A through coil A produces a flux of 800 μWb in the
core. If this current is reversed in 20 ms, calculate the average e.m.f. induced in coils A
and B.
6. A coil of 200 turns is wound uniformly over a wooden ring having a mean circumference
of 600 mm and a uniform cross-sectional area of 500 mm2. If the current through the coil
is 4 A, calculate:
(a) the magnetic field strength,
(b) the flux density, and
(c) the total flux

7. Fig. 3 shows an iron circuit with a small air gap cut in it. A 6000-turn coil carries a current I
= 20 mA which sets up a flux within the iron and across the air gap. If the iron cross section
is 0.8 × 10-4 m2, the mean length of flux path in iron is 0.15 m, µr = 800 in iron and air gap
length is 0.75 mm, calculate the air gap flux density. It may be assumed that the flux lines
flow straight across the air gap, i.e. air gap cross section is also 0.8 × 10-4 mm2.

Fig.3

8. In the magnetic circuit detailed in Figure 4 with all dimensions in mm, calculate the
required current to be passed in the coil having 200 turns in order to establish a flux of
1.28 mWb in the air gap and air gap length of 0.1 m. Neglect fringing effect and leakage
flux. The B-H curve of the material is given in Figure 5. Permeability of air may be taken as,
μ0 = 4π × 10-7 H/m.

Fig.4 Fig.5

9. Explain the function of the commutator in a d.c. machine. A six-pole d.c. generator has a
lap-connected armature with 480 conductors. The resistance of the armature circuit is
0.02 Ω. With an output current of 500 A from the armature, the terminal voltage is 230 V
when the machine is driven at 900 r/min. Calculate the useful flux per pole and derive the
expression employed.
10. A shunt generator supplies a 50-kW load at 400 V through cables of resistance 0.2 . If
the field winding resistance is 50  and the armature resistance is 0.05 , determine
(a) The terminal voltage,
(b) The e.m.f. generated in the armature.
11. A short-shunt compound generator supplies 50 A at 300 V. If the field resistance is 30 ,
the series resistance 0.03  and the armature resistance 0.05 , determine the e.m.f.
generated.
12. A DC motor is operating at 1200 rev/min. It draws 100 Amps from the line at a terminal
voltage of 230 volts. The armature resistance between the terminals is 0.072.
(a) Find the torque being developed by this motor.
(b) Find the speed and armature current of this motor when the torque is 300 N-m, for
the same excitation.

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