Module 3 Assignment
All Questions Carry Equal Marks
Theory Questions
1. Explain and derive the Biot-Savart Law
2. Explain the analogy of Electrical and Magnetic Circuits
Numerical Questions:
1. A cast steel electromagnet has an air gap length of 3 mm and an iron path of length 40
cm. Find the number of ampere-turns necessary to produce a flux density of 0.7 Wb/m2
in the gap. Neglect leakage and fringing. Assume ampere-turns required for air gap to
be 70% of the total ampere-turns.
2. An iron ring has a cross-sectional area of 400 mm2 and a mean diameter of 25 cm. It is
wound with 500 turns. If the value of relative permeability is 250, find the total flux set
up in the ring. The coil resistance is 474 Ω and the supply voltage is 240 V.
3. An iron ring of cross-sectional area 6 cm2 is wound with a wire of 100 turns and has a
saw cut of 2 mm. Calculate the magnetising current required to produce a flux of 0·1
mWb if mean length of magnetic path is 30 cm and relative permeability of iron is 470.
4. A circular iron ring has a mean circumference of 1·5 m and a cross-sectional area of
0·01 m2. A saw-cut of 4 mm wide is made in the ring. Calculate the magnetising current
required to produce a flux of 0·8 mWb in the air gap if the ring is wound with a coil of
175 turns. Assume relative permeability of iron as 400 and leakage factor 1·25.
5. Q. A mild steel (relative permeability of 400) ring having a cross-sectional area of 500
mm2 and a mean circumference of 400 mm has a coil of 200 turns wound uniformly
around it. Calculate (a) The reluctance of the ring (b) The current required to produce a
flux of 800 μWb in the ring.
6. Q. A rectangular shaped core is made of mild steel (relative permeability of 940) plates
15 mm × 20 mm cross-section. The mean length of the magnetic path is 18 cm. The
exciting coil has 300 turns with a current of 0.7 A flowing through it. Calculate:
(a)Magneto-motive force (b) Flux density (c) Reluctance (d) Magnetic flux
7. An iron ring of mean circumference 50 cm has an air gap of 1 mm. It is uniformly
wound with a coil having 200 turns. If the relative permeability of iron is 300 when a
current of 1 A flows through the coil, calculate the flux density in the air gap. Neglect
leakage and fringing.
8. A current of 3 A flows through a coil of 1000 turns uniformly wound on an iron ring
having a mean circumference of 40 cm and a cross-sectional area of 4 cm2. The relative
permeability of the iron is 80. Calculate: (a) the magnetomotive force (b) the magnetic
field strength (c) the flux density (d) the flux.
9. A coil of wire wound up like a solenoid consists of 50 turns and carries a current of 5
A. If the length of the solenoid is 20 cm, calculate: (a) magnetic field intensity and (b)
flux density within the solenoid coil.
10. A coil having 200 turns and carrying a current of 3 A is wound uniformly over a toroidal
ring with a mean circumference of 20 cm and cross-section of 5 cm2. The material of
the ring has μr = 1000. Calculate: (i) magnetic field strength (ii) flux density (iii) total
flux.
11. The mean length of a magnetic circuit is 40 cm with cross-sectional area 8 cm2 and
relative permeability of the core material being 200. When a magnetizing coil carries a
current of 6 A, the magnetic flux produced in the core is 3 mWb. Find: (i) reluctance of
the magnetic circuit (ii) flux density in the core (iii) magnetic field intensity (iv) number
of turns of the coil.
12. A magnetic circuit has cross-sectional area of 50 cm2 and mean length of 2 m. The
relative permeability of core material is 80. Calculate the reluctance of the magnetic
circuit if the magnetizing coil has 150 turns and the core flux is 80 μWb. What is the
value of the current flowing in the coil?
13. A mild steel ring having a cross-sectional area of 5 cm2 and a mean circumference of
40 cm has a coil of 200 turns wound uniformly around it. Calculate (i) the reluctance
of the ring (ii) the current required to produce a flux of 800 μWb in the ring. Assume
relative permeability of mild steel to be 380 at the flux density developed in the core.