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Apparatus Subsection 57: Direct-current Commutating Machines: C. Commutating Machines

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SourceTheoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering
Year1915
Section IDtheoretical-elements-electrical-engineering-section-57
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D. C. COMMUTATING MACHINES 191 ture in centimeters per second, lp = pitch of armature slot (that is, width of one slot and one tooth at armature surface), the S frequency is /i = y-. Or, if / = frequency of machine, n — number of armature slots per pair of poles, /i = nf. For instance,/ = 33.3, n = 51, thus/i = 1700. Under the assumption, width of slots equals width of teeth = 2 X width of air gap, the dis- tribution of magnetic flux at the pole face is plotted in Fig. 103. The drop of density opposite each slot consists of two curved branches equal to those in Fig. 92, that is, calculated by •B' -3 n FIG. 103.— I < « i slots on flu Iffect of B distribution.
... requency of machine, n — number of armature slots per pair of poles, /i = nf. For instance,/ = 33.3, n = 51, thus/i = 1700. Under the assumption, width of slots equals width of teeth = 2 X width of air gap, the dis- tribution of magnetic flux at the pole face is plotted in Fig. 103. The drop of density opposite each slot consists of two curved branches equal to those in Fig. 92, that is, calculated by •B' -3 n FIG. 103.— I < « i slots on flu Iffect of B ...
... 103.— I < « i slots on flu Iffect of B distribution. V + 1*2 The average flux is 7525; that is, by cutting half the armature surface away by slots of a width equal to twice the length of air gap, the total flux under the field pole is reduced only in the proportion 8000 to 7525, or about 6 per cent. The flux B pulsating between 8000 and 5700 is equivalent to a uniform flux B\ = 7525 superposed with an alternating flux FIG. 104. — Effect of slots on flux d ...
D. C. COMMUTATING MACHINES 191 ture in centimeters per second, lp = pitch of armature slot (that is, width of one slot and one tooth at armature surface), the S frequency is /i = y-. Or, if / = frequency of machine, n — number of armature slots per pair of poles, /i = nf. For instance,/ = 33.3, n = 51, thus/i = 1700. Under the assumption, width of slots equals width of teeth = 2 X width of ...
... rnating flux FIG. 104. — Effect of slots on flux distribution. BO, shown in Fig. 104, with a maximum of 475 and a minimum of 1825. This alternating flux BQ can, as regards production of eddy currents, be replaced by the equivalent sine wave B0o, that is, a sine wave having the same effective value (or square root of mean square). The effective value is 718. The pulsation of magnetic flux farther in the interior of the field-pole face can be approximated by drawing curves e ...
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