Course Title: Electrical Machines 1

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Sheet 1 Magnetic Circuits
1- Find the current necessary to establish a flux = 3x10
Wb in the series magnetic circuit shown in figure.
- L sheet steel = 0.3 m.
- L cast iron = 0.3 m.
- Area (throughout) =5x10 -4 m2.
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- N =100 turns.

Cast iron

Sheet steel

0.3 m

0.3 m

N =100 turns.

2- Find the number of turns N required to establish a

flux = 12x10

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Wb in the magnetic circuit shown in

figure. Find the permeability of the material.

- Lm = mean length = 0.2 m.
- Uniform area (throughout) = 0.0012 m2.

Cast stee

I= 1
N2 = 30
I =2A
N1

3- Find the mmf NI required to establish a flux =

80000 lines in the magnetic circuit shown in figure. Find
the permeability of each material.
- Lcast steel =5.5 inch.
- Lsheet steel = 0.5 inch.

Area = 0.0012 m

- Uniform area (throughout) =1 inch2.

Cast-steel

NI
Sheet- steel

4- For the series magnetic circuit with two sources of

magnetic pressure, determine the current I. Each
applied mmf establishes a flux in the opposite direction
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of the other.
= 0.8x10 - 4 Wb.
Lcast steel =5.5 inch.
Lcast iron = 2.5 inch.
Area (throughout) = 0.25 inch2.
Cast steel
I

N1=20 T

I
N2=30 T

Cast iron

5- Find the current I required

Cast to
ironestablish a flux =
2.4x10

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Wb in the magnetic circuit shown in figure.

Compare the mmf drop across the air gap to that

across the rest of the magnetic circuit. Discuss your
results using the value of for each.
- Area (throughout) = 2 x10 - 4 m2.
- N = 100 turns.
- lab = lcd = 0.05 m.

- lac = lbd = 0.02 m.

a

b
0.003 m

6- The magnetic circuit shown in figure

is constructed of
d
sheet steel, and the coil has 900 turns. Calculate the
current I required to establish a flux = 330 Wb in
the air gap.

12 cm
I

0.75 mm

9cm

2x 3
c m2

2x2
c m2

Cross- section areas

7- Determine the magnetic flux established in the

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magnetic circuit shown in figure.

Area (throughout) =2 x10 - 4 m 2.
lab = lcd = 0.2 m.
lac= lbd =0.2 m.
The air gap lcd = 8x10 - 4 m.
N =150 turns.
r = 600.
a

I =2A
8x10 - 4 m

8- For the series - parallel magnetic circuit constructed of

cast steel shown in figure, find the value of current I
required to establish a flux in the air gap of = 1x10
Wb.
- L ab = L bc =L fe= L ed = 0.2 m.
- L af = L be= L= cd = 0.1 m.
a

I
N =200 T

2 c 3
0.002 m

e 4m2
A=2x10d

Area =5x10 - 4 m2

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