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Motor Modeling Project
Week 1 Assignment EGR202
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The purpose of this week’s motor assignment is to understand the mechanical power required
to propel your hoverboard and rider up a hill at constant velocity.
Remember that power is the scalar dot product of force and velocity or torque and angular ve-
locity:
p = f⃗ · v⃗ = τ⃗ · ω⃗
This gives you several ways to compute the mechanical power required. If you know the torque
at the wheels, then you will need to know how fast the wheels are spinning. If you know the
equivalent force at the wheel bearings, then you must find out the velocity of that point. Either
way you will need to find a force / torque term and the matching velocity / angular velocity term.
One way to find the forces involved in your system is with a free body diagram.
1. Create a free body diagram for the wheel. Draw and label all important variables and design
parameters in your diagrams. This includes things like dimensions, forces, velocities, an-
gles, vectors. Identify all forces acting upon each subsystem, including gravity, interaction
forces between subsystems, and ground reaction forces.
2. Use static force / moment balance equations to solve for static equilibrium in each subsys-
tem. In planar systems, ∑
Fx = 0∑
Fy = 0∑
M = 0
Please expand these equations, using all forces and torques acting upon the wheel.
3. Using the above equations, solve for fT , the force required to push the mass(m) of board
and rider up the hill.
4. Using the above equations, solve for the torque required at the wheels to achieve static
equilibrium.
5. Given the velocity specification given in the assignment, how fast do the wheels spin?
Remember the releationship between linear and angular velocity, v⃗ = ω⃗ × r⃗, where v⃗ is
linear velocity, ω⃗ is angular velocity, and r⃗ is the vector to the point on the wheel’s radius.
6. Given the equations for power mentioned above, please calculate how much power is re-
quired to maintain the board’s velocity up the hill.
• It may be beneficial to use the B frame rather than the A frame to sum forces and torques
• Assume a planar system, ie 2D.
• Assume the rider is stationary on the board, with the mass of the system centered about
the wheel.
• Keep all dimensions as variables throughout your work, ie, if we say the velocity of the
rider is 5 m/sec, use a variable like v as you work through your equations.
• Important terms are terms that are used in equations.
- Week 1 Problem Description
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Assumptions and Notes
MotorModeling Project
List of Variables
These variables may be needed in your equations. Please do not substitute the supplied
values until the last step of your solution, to verify that your expression is correct.
Variable Description Value Unit
𝑟 radius of wheel .04 m
𝑟𝑝𝑚 radius of pulley at the motor select m
𝑟𝑝𝑤 radius of pulley at the wheel select m
𝑚 mass of rider, board, and components 3 kg
𝑔 gravity 9.81 m/s2
𝜔𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑙 angular velocity of wheel solve rad/sec
𝜔𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟 angular velocity of motor select rad/sec
𝑞 angle of hill 10 ∘ (degrees)
𝜏𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟 motor torque select N-m
𝜏𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑙 wheel torque solve N-m
𝑣 velocity 3 m/s
𝑑 distance 1000 m