// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 1: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRIC MOTORS // EXAMPLE : 1.30 : // Page number 710 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data J = 1270.0 // Moment of inertia of fly-wheel(kg-m^2) N = 500.0 // Speed(rpm) hp = 50.0 // Motor rating(hp) // Calculations g = 9.81 T = hp*746*60/(2*%pi*N*g) // Full load torque of motor(kg-m) T_m = 2*T // Accelerating torque(kg-m) alpha = T_m*g/J // Angular acceleration(rad/sec^2) t = 2*%pi*N/(60*alpha) // Time taken to accelerate a fly-wheel(sec) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 1.30 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nTime taken to accelerate a fly-wheel, t = %.1f sec", t)