Apparatus Section 7: Direct-current Commutating Machines: Effect of Slots on Magnetic Flux
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering |
| Year | 1915 |
| Section ID | theoretical-elements-electrical-engineering-section-56 |
| Location | lines 11387-11400 |
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| Word Count | 118 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”VII. Effect of Slots on Magnetic Flux 53. With slotted armatures the pole face density opposite the armature slots is less than that opposite the armature teeth, due to the greater distance of the air path in the former case. Thus, with the passage of the armature slots across the field pole a local pulsation of the magnetic flux in the pole face is produced, which, while harmless with laminated field pole faces, generates eddy currents in solid pole pieces. The frequency of this pul- sation is extremely high, and thus the energy loss due to eddy currents in the 'pole faces may be considerable, even with pul- sations of small amplitude. If S = peripheral speed of the arma-Source-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Magnetism
Section titled “Magnetism”VII. Effect of Slots on Magnetic Flux 53. With slotted armatures the pole face density opposite the armature slots is less than that opposite the armature teeth, due to the greater distance of the air path in the former case. Thus, with the passage of the armature slot ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”... th slotted armatures the pole face density opposite the armature slots is less than that opposite the armature teeth, due to the greater distance of the air path in the former case. Thus, with the passage of the armature slots across the field pole a local pulsation of the magnetic flux in the pole face is produced, which, while harmless with laminated field pole faces, generates eddy currents in solid pole pieces. The frequency of this pul- sation is extremely high, and thus th ...Radiation / light
Section titled “Radiation / light”... us, with the passage of the armature slots across the field pole a local pulsation of the magnetic flux in the pole face is produced, which, while harmless with laminated field pole faces, generates eddy currents in solid pole pieces. The frequency of this pul- sation is extremely high, and thus the energy loss due to eddy currents in the 'pole faces may be considerable, even with pul- sations of small amplitude. If S = peripheral speed of the arma-Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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