Like its predecessors, the third edition of this book is intended primarily
for non-specialist users and students of electric motors and drives.
My original aim was to bridge the gap between specialist textbooks
(which are pitched at a level too academic for the average user) and
the more prosaic ‘handbooks’, which are full of useful detail but provide
little opportunity for the development of any real insight or understanding.
The fact that the second edition was reprinted ten times indicated
that there had indeed been a gap in the market, and that a third edition
would be worthwhile. It was also gratifying to learn that although the
original book was not intended as yet another undergraduate textbook,
teachers and students had welcomed the book as a gentle introduction to
the subject.
Contents:
1 ELECTRIC MOTORS
2 POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR
MOTOR DRIVES
3 CONVENTIONAL D.C. MOTORS
4 D.C. MOTOR DRIVES
5 INDUCTION MOTORS – ROTATING FIELD,
SLIP AND TORQUE
6 OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF
INDUCTION MOTORS
7 INDUCTION MOTOR EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT
8 INVERTER-FED INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES
9 STEPPING MOTORS
10 SYNCHRONOUS, BRUSHLESS D.C. AND
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE DRIVES
11 MOTOR/DRIVE SELECTION
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