Programming instructions
DC Motor
 National Instruments Corporation 13-3 Multisim Component Reference Guide
13.2.1 Characteristic Equations
The characteristic equations of an ideal DC motor are given by:
where: 
ω
m 
= rotational speed
K
m 
= EMF constant
V
a 
= armature voltage
V
f 
= field voltage
Other terms are defined in “DC Motor Parameters and Defaults”. 
The EMF constant K
m
 is determined by:
VRiL
di
dt
Ki
VRi L
di
dt
J
d
dt
BTKii
aaaa
a
mf m
f
ff f
f
m
fmL mf
a
=∗+ + ∗∗
=∗+
+∗ += ∗∗
ω
ω
ω
K
VIR
I
n
I
V
R
I
V
R
V
R
I
V
R
I
m
aN a
N
a
fN
N
fN
fN
f
fN
fN
f
aN
f
fN
fN
f
aN
=
−∗
∗
=
=
=
2
60
π
*
where
=  
=  
for separately excited DC motor
for parallel excited DC motor
for series excited DC motor
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