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Design VI: Magnetic Motor
March 22, 2013
Group Members:
Rashed Hassan
Celiano Portero
Steven J. Berrio
Rashed Hassan
Percentage of effort
towards this
assignment
33 %
(Technical Report)
Celiano Portero
33 %
(Function-Means Tree)
Steven Berrio
33 %
(Transparent Box)
FUNCTION-MEANS TREE
The Magnetic Motor can be ignited through Electrical Ignition, Solar Power, Fuel Ignition or Mechanical Ignition. Functions are denoted by
Rectangles while Means are shown in Circles.
Essentially, this motor will take a magnetic force and use that to induce mechanical motion. This electro magnetic field will
be created using magnetic bars as well as copper coils. What will happen with the magnet bars is that the stator core will conserve
the magnetic field. This will cause the stator windings to clinch the rotor windings. In other words, the two parts are in the correct
position to function properly given the other part of the system.
The other part of the system contains the copper coil. The copper coil will be connected with the shaft vertically. The forces
of attraction due to the north and south poles of the magnet will cause mechanical motion to occur. This motion will be the rotation
of the rotor core itself. Now, since the stator windings are clinched with the rotor windings (as explained earlier), this motion is
working as a gear at this point. The magnetic field is being used to create mechanical energy, and this makeshift gear system is the
medium through which it is being done.
The last part of the system is the voltage regulation. There will be a voltage regulator that will be connected to a AC/DC
converter so we can make best use of whatever currents that we obtain. The voltage regulator will also have a display that will give
us useful information regarding the system. This will include information about the magnetic field strength, voltage created, and the
temperature of the system. Since we have a system of gears that will be constantly grinding on one another, we will definitely have
to deal with friction and there will indefinitely be heat that is caused by this friction which will need to be dissipated.
In order to ignite the motor, we can use electrical ignition, solar power, fuel ignition, or mechanical ignition. If we were to use
an electrical ignition, we would be converting electricity to some sort of movement to start the ignition. In order to generate this
electricity, we can use either a wall outlet to obtain it directly, or a battery. The battery can be used to store energy that can be used
to create a controlled current for the ignition. If we were to use a solar ignition, we would use solar technology to obtain and store
energy from sunlight and this energy can be converted for use as electrical energy for the ignition. Lastly, we have the fuel ignition
option and the mechanical ignition option. The fuel ignition option calls for a small amount of fuel to be stored that can be
converted into mechanical energy to be used for the starter. The mechanical ignition would just be some sort of manual method to
directly induce ignition.