sAd A IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^/ .^Ap ^ s. ] 1" — -/ >... 1 1 1, 1 s s \ A i i\ ^ . 1 i ^ — - — 1 — 1 — 1 \ '^ 'S.^ / F I a •V A^ <0 AND SPE ID Motor — - 1 \ 1 >s / ¥ K 1 l i 1 1 % V i / 1 / f K lU 3 => o 1 1 '^ //V ?^ \ r \ T U. c 3 \ 1 > ' K 1 \ 1 \^ i J ,^ / k •« '■ T> <_» ^ «< \ «» N k -r- "* / i ^ ^ f i/ *, ^ s^ / \ ^ ^ >si •4 / a - r* Kl ^ »r) ^ -.'1 3. d s- v^ KT 7 1 1 1 J 7 "X** 4 s'A' ^ !__ ^ ." / / 1 ^ H ^ / , ■? f- 1 \ r\ / / r .1 7 K / / J / A *i^ 1/ V — - ^ r 1 ^ / *0 \ __ ._._ /' P X — 1 '^ K r U 1 C fc\ 202 SPECIMEN PAGE THE DIlfKCT-CURRENT 3I0T0R CH. IX S 3 W ] d M V kl \ N 3 3 S •I 3 -J J ('II. IX SPECIMEN PAGE CONTROL 203 speed iij) is well ^howii. The liiial current is IS fiinpereH per motor. The !iie;in current lor the first four seconds from the moment when the circuit is made appears to be 7-") amperes. Tiiis would ^'ive us a total tonpie per motor (see Fig. 21) of 2,4;30 inch-iiounds. Deductinpf the frictional toi"(|uecorres])()ndiii<:^ to a current of 18 amperes |)er motor — nanu'ly. 7'>o inch-j)ouuds — we liave 1 ,()7o inch-pounds available for acceleration. Since the weio-ht to be accelerated is ■']• !■ tons ])er motor, the acceleration is 2-()o f.p.s. per second, ^fhe acceleration curve has been drawn as if the acceleration were constant from the momiMit of making the current ; this is not strictly correct. The curve should cut the time base about one second from the origin, bnt it gives a fairly accurate measure of the mean initial acceleration, which by measurement appears to be about 2*1 f.p.s. per second. Fig. 52 is the record of a test in which the motors weie allowed to speed np in series. The current taken does not appear to have been quite so much as in the case repi-esented in Fig. 51. The form of tlie current curve is well shown, both with the series and with the jnirallel connection, and indicates the jerk experienced when the motors are thrown into parallel, the accelera- tion at this point being greater than at the moment of starting. The energy required to attain a speed of o5 f.p.s. is less than that required by the method illustrated in Fig. 51. The diaoTams show a considerable increase in the current taken from the line at the moment when the motors are thrown into parallel connection. It is in- structive to inquire if this increase is necessary, and to SPECIMEN PAGE 232 TIIH DIIMCCT-iTKUKNT MoTnl; err. xi Lt't lis take the case of a tramcar \v.M(r|iiiicr |i) tons, driven by two niolors workiii*,' on a line liavin<,r u tension of oOU volts. Suppose tliat we liav.' to desiLrn an ananirenient by wJn'eli the ear will start up from rest and travel oUO feet in 3U seconds. The motors are to be series wound. First Knd the least possible accelerating,' current per motor by Equation 107, remendje.-ing that ]\'=o tons. We get (•„ = 29-5 amperes. Take SO amperes to allow for the resistance of the motor. From E^juation Id.} we find that the best value of '/ is 5"15. For the i)resent we (t * may take v— 1.-78 and <( = SS inches, giving .lA=35-r). The maximum speed is 25 feet per second or 1 7 miles an hour. If the frictional and other resistances retardin*' the motion amount to ;3,:)80 inch-pounds of torque on the car axle, the corresponding current will be 15 amperes, and the resistance of each motor must therefore be O'G ohm. The initial acceleration will be 1*25 fp s. per second and the current of 45 amperes will be constant until the starting rheostat is all out, at which point the speed of the motor will be given by ?/ = 500-J.5xO-(; oo o = S00 r. p.m, The speed of the car will therefore be 2 [•2 feet per second. Thus we see that if the induction factor is constant, the acceleration can be maintained constant up to a speed of 97 per cent, of final speed; after this point the motor will speed up according to the law already given in Chapter VII. ; the error involved in assuming that the acceleration is constant up to full speed will be small, and CH. XI SPECIMEN PAGE UESIGN 01' UAILWAY MO'l'OliS 233 § ^ 1 S s s 8 s u rf M a «• 4 9, ff *• s a — ^; ^:r '4 w i : 1 ^^ u 1 '"■ 1 1 W y— uoi f I «r — ^ »l H > i ^ §. «t — 1 1 -— ' 1 ^ V o d ° z u H So ^^ J* \ 1 f-^ 1 i t. p- V- - 1 1 s^ \ o i 1 ^ ^ ,- > s\ 1 s ^ \ K 1 \ \ § A V 1 11 i ' * ^■.v N !« IT ' ?a ^ •^ 1 ^r ' oR •^^ / J 1 1 ^ i C s r|f ! o ■ %l j Nj S 1 _i^-I-J " § 1 \ ^ l] 1 " W s ! fN !/ o ri. ' # ! \ V / 1 0. rs^i \ = o ^-NZ at •^ 1 Z^ ■ 1 i 1 > \. J i 1 J:iL_L "^ 1 1 ::^ •^ . 8 lA s Wl ■ o 5C »(5 u u a M o 3 1 s bid 1334 I