Walchand Institute of Technology

Department of Electronics Engineering

Basic Electrical Engineering
Assignment No 2
1. Define MMF,magnetic flux density, magnetic field strength, reluctance
2. Compare electric circuit and magnetic circuit with their similarities and dissimilarities.
3. State and explain Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction .
4. State and explain Lenz’s law.
5. State and Derive expression for self and mutual inductance.
6. Explain with neat diagram magnetic leakage and fringing.
7. Define terms magnetic flux density and magnetizing force. Explain any one method for
determining B-H curve. Write importance of B-H curve.
8. Define and explain with neat diagram magnetic hysteresis.
Problems for practice ------
Q1. An iron rod 1 cm diameter and 50 cm long is formed into closed ring and uniformly wound with
400 turns of wire. A direct current of 0.5 A is passed through winding and produces flux density
of 0.75 wb/m2. If all the flux links with every turn of winding, calculate 1) relative permeability
of iron 2) Inductance of coil 3) Average value of emf induced when interruption of current
causes 20 % decrease in flux in 0.01 second.
Q2. A flux of 0.5 mwb is produced by coil of 900 turns wound on ring with current of 3 A in it
calculate 1) Inductance of coil 2) emf induced in coil when current of 5 A is switched off.
Assuming current to fall to zero in 1 msec.3) Mutual inductance between coils if second coil of
600 turns is uniformly wound over first coil.
Q3.A magnetic circuit has effective iron length of 100 cm and an air gap of 2mm. it is wound with
800 turns. If the relative permeability of iron is 1200, find the flux density in the air gap when
the winding carries a current of 1 A. neglect leakage and assume fringing factor as 1.05.
Q4. An iron ring of mean length 50 cms has an air gap of 1 mm and a winding of 200 turns. If the
permeability of iron is 300 when a current of 1 A flows through the coil, find the flux density.
[94.2 mWb/m3]
Q5. An iron ring of mean length 100 cm with an air gap of 2 mm has a winding of 500 turns. The
relative permeability of iron is 600. When a current of 3 A flows in the winding, determine the
flux density. Neglect fringing. [0.523 Wb/m2]
Q6. A coil is wound uniformly with 300 turns over a steel ring of relative permeability 900, having a
mean circumference of 40 mm and cross-sectional area of 50 mm2. If a current of 25 amps is
passed through the coil, find (i) m.m.f. (ii) reluctance of the ring and (iii) flux.
[(i) 7500 AT (ii) 0.7 × 106 AT/Wb (iii) 10.7 mWb]
Q7. A magnetic circuit consists of an iron ring of mean circumference 80 cm with cross-sectional
area 12 cm2 throughout. A current of 2A in the magnetising coil of 200 turns produces a total
flux of 1.2mWb in the iron. Calculate :(a) the flux density in the iron
(b) the absolute and relative permeabilities of iron
(c) the reluctance of the circuit [1 Wb/m2 ; 0.002, 1,590 ; 3.33 × 105 AT/Wb]
Q8. A coil of 500 turns and resistance 20 Ω is wound uniformly on an iron ring of mean
circumference 50 cm and cross-sectional area 4 cm2. It is connected to a 24-V d.c. supply.
Under these conditions, the relative permeability of iron is 800. Calculate the values of : (a) the
magnetomotive force of the coil (b) the magnetizing force(c) the total flux in the iron (d) the
reluctance of the ring[(a) 600 AT (b) 1,200 AT/m (c) 0.483 mWb (d) 1.24 × 106 AT/Wb]
Q9. Two coils are wound close together on the same paxolin tube. Current is passed through the
first coil and is varied at a uniform rate of 500 mA per second, inducing an e.m.f. of 0.1 V in
 the second coil. The second coil has 100 turns. Calculate the number of turns in the first coil if
its inductance is 0.4 H. [200 turns]
Q10. Two coils have 50 and 500 turns respectively are wound side by side on a closed iron circuit of
section 50 cm2 and mean length 120 cm. Estimate the mutual inductance between the coils if
the permeability of iron is 1000. Also, find the self-inductance of each coil. If the current in
one coil grows steadily from zero to 5A in 0.01 second, find the e.m.f. induced in the other
coil. [M = 0.131 H, L1 = 0.0131 H, L2 = 1.21 H, E = 65.4 V]
Q11. An iron-cored choke is designed to have an inductance of 20 H when operating at a flux
density of 1 Wb/m2, the corresponding relative permeability of iron core is 4000. Determine
the number of turns in the winding, given that the magnetic flux path has a mean length of 22
cm in the iron core and of 1 mm in air-gap that its cross-section is 10 cm2. Neglect leakage and
fringing. [4100]
Q12. A non-magnetic ring having a mean diameter of 30 cm and a cross-sectional area of 4 cm2 is
uniformly wound with two coils A and B, one over the other. A has 90 turns and B has 240
turns. Calculate from first principles the mutual inductance between the coils.
Also, calculate the e.m.f. induced in B when a current of 6 A in A is reversed in 0.02 second.
[11.52 μH, 6.912 mV]
Q13. A coil consists of 1,000 turns of wire uniformly wound on a non-magnetic ring of mean
diameter 40 cm and cross-sectional area 20 cm2. Calculate (a) the inductance of the coil (b) the
energy stored in the magnetic field when the coil is carrying a current of 15 A (c) the e.m.f.
induced in the coil if this current is completely interrupted in 0.01 second. [(a) 2mH (b) 0.225
joule (c) 3V]
Q15. A coil of 50 turns having a mean diameter of 3 cm is placed co-axially at the centre of a
solenoid 60 cm long, wound with 2,500 turns and carrying a current of 2 A. Determine mutual
inductance of the arrangement. [0.185 mH]