15EEE111 Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Practice Problems

Magnetic Circuits

1. Consider the toroidal magnetic core shown

below, with r1=3.5 cm, r2=4 cm, height of 1 cm and
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cross sectional area of the core A = 50 x 10 m .
Assume µ = 2000µo and B = 0.3 T. Determine (i)
maximum core flux, (ii) mmf required to produce
this flux, and (iii) number of turns that must be
wound if the coil must carry 10 mA current.

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[Ans:R= 2.57x10 A-t/Wb, B=3.92x10 Wb/m ]

4. Consider a three-legged magnetic structure

shown below made of material with µ = 3000µo.
Winding of N turns is placed at the centre leg and
an air gap of width lg is made in the right leg with
[Ans: Φ =15 x 10 Wb, mmf = 28.125 A-turn, N = 4]
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the dimensions shown. Develop an equivalent
electric circuit and determine the flux.
2. Determine the current I required to establish the
indicated flux in the core.

[Ans: Φ =0.62 mWb]

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[Ans: I = 4.49 A]

3. Compute the equivalent reluctance of the

magnetic circuit shown below and the flux density
established in the bottom bar of the structure. Given
μr = 10,000; N = 100 turns i =1 A.

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