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Design A Simple Electric Motor

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OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this project is to design a simple electric motor. This motor can be used for small scale applications. The objective mainly focuses on describing the principle used inside an electric motor by designing a miniature of the same and to study various characteristics of an electric motor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
To design a simple electric motor and understand its working, we need to have knowledge about the following,
 Electric field and Magnetic field
 Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
 Fleming’s Left hand Thumb rule
 Lorentz Force
 Torque
ELECTRIC FIELD:
The electric field is a vector. The source of electric field is electric charge. The two types of charges are positive and negative. The electric …show more content…

There are two poles in a magnet. They are North Pole and South Pole. Unlike electric charges, they always come in pairs. There are different types of magnetic materials, they are
 Paramagnetic
 Diamagnetic
 Ferromagnetic, etc
The magnetic field exhibits the following properties
 Like charges repel and unlike charges attract
 Force acts along the line joining the charges
The magnetic field are also produced by the moving electric charges. Electric and magnetic fields are two interrelated fields. FARADAYS LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION:

Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction states that current carrying conductor placed in a moving magnetic field, induces an electromotive force in any closed circuit, equal to the rate of change of magnetic flux. The electromotive force is proportional to the number of turns of the coil. Electromagnetic induction is seen in two ways.
 One is when a magnet is moved near a coil, depending on the movement of the magnet, current is induced in the coil
 The other way is that when a looped coil is connected to an electric source it induces current in the adjacent coil due to coupling

MOVING MAGNET CAUSING CURRENT
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FLEMING’S LEFT HAND THUMB RULE:
Fleming’s left hand thumb rule states that when a current carrying conductor is placed in a moving magnetic field, a

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