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A low rotor inertia is wanted in a servo machine because it

  • A.improves the accuracy with which the position is held at rest
  • B.allows rapid acceleration for a given torque
  • C.increases the torque the machine can develop continuously
  • D.reduces the losses of the machine at its rated operating point

Answer: B

Correct answer: allows rapid acceleration for a given torque

Angular acceleration is torque divided by inertia, so halving the inertia doubles the acceleration for the same torque. A servo machine is therefore built long and slender rather than short and fat, since inertia grows as the fourth power of the radius while torque grows only as the square.

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