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A velocity regulated DC motor driven by an armature rectifier: effects of shaft twist and backlash

The thesis shows a simplified representation for an armature rectifier driving a DC motor load. This representation was obtained from the nonlinear equations relating the output current of the armature rectifier into the DC motor as a function of the input control variable for continuous and discontinuous current conduction. Using this simplified representation, a velocity regulator with gears connecting the DC motor to an inertia load was examined by the Bode diagram method to observe the effects of twist in the load shaft and backlash in the gears on the stability of the velocity regulator. Velocity damping and friction were neglected in the analysis. It was discovered that the armature rectifier operating in discontinuous current presented stability problems which are not encountered in a velocity regulator using a conventional rotating armature supply to drive a DC motor. Linear stabilization techniques were used to stabilize the control system to overcome the effects of twist in the load shaft and backlash in the gears for both continuous and discontinuous conduction of the armature rectifier. / M.S.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101379
Date January 1966
CreatorsNemura, Ronald Eddie
ContributorsElectrical Engineering
PublisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, Text
Format63 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
RelationOCLC# 20536505

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