The revision of this well-known one-semester machines text reflects today's technology by rearranging topical coverage. Following introductory chapters 1-3, AC material is presented first. However, because of the modular approach of the text, either AC or DC material may be covered depending upon course needs. MATLAB has been incorporated throughout the text, both in examples and problems. More design exercises are incorporated, per ABET recommendations. Solid-state power electronics (Chap. 3) has been modified, and solid-state motor controls (Chaps. 6, 9, & 10) will be covered in greater detail.
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I have three standard textbooks on electric machines, and the best one by far is Stephen Chapman's Electric Machinery Fundamentals (fourth edition). Chapman has the rare ability to strike a golden balance between theory and practice, and between rigour and informality, such that the theoretical actually illuminates the practical. His discussion on power transformers is the best I have seen anywhere, and he maintains that same high quality throughout the book. Along the way, he has even managed to correct a subtle misconception that I had held for several years concerning Lenz's law. The print quality is superb and the diagrams are sharp and clear. I would like to answer a comment that another reviewer had against this book, namely, that this book uses log or semilog scales. I think we should be grateful that Mr. Chapman had the good judgment to use log or semilog scales, or else we are going to have a book that is hundreds of miles long and wide!
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This review is from: Electric Machinery Fundamentals (McGraw-Hill Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)
This book (4/ed) seems like a first draft that has since been expanded (copy&paste) and reorganized but never actually finalized. For instance, the order of presention of DC and AC machinery has been reversed since the 1st ed., but regrettably the AC material now placed first uses concepts introduced much later. The first two or three chapter are decent, but then the book falls apart, becoming more of a flawed summary of various machineries.
There are numerous errors throughout; while these on their own do not significantly degrade the quality, they do reflect that little effort has been made since the first edition. The text feels superfical; it leaves very few traces of either true commitment to teaching or of genuine interest in fundamental concepts from the author. (Had the author cut down on the amount of material covered, he'd be in a better position to improve his presentation of the fundamentals in future editions.) Fitzgerald's classic Electric Machinery (6/ed) eloquently presents fundamental concepts and is better in all aspects, including the narrative.
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This review is from: Electric Machinery Fundamentals (McGraw-Hill Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)
I actually taught a junior level class from this book. I didn't like it for teaching. It felt like I was doing Electric Machinery Details, not Fundamentals. Curiously, my copy of this book has been floating around work for awhile now, and gets used quite often...mostly because it does have lots of details. Between this book and the Shaum's outline for electric power systems, it seems to get almost everything done.
In short, if you could pick this book up for cheap (say below $40-$50), then I'd consider it. Otherwise I think you can collect a few other books out there out of the used sections and get the same job done. Just as a matter of record, I think more than $100 for any book is just plain outrageous (and I won't pay it). So you can use that as a gauge for how much this book is worth to you.
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An electrical machine is a device that can convert either mechanical energy to electrical energy or electrical energy to mechanical energy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
internal generated voltage, governor set points, net magnetomotive force, current cycloconverter, many current paths, simple rotating loop, reactive power sharing, rotor power factor, magnetic circuit corresponding, conductors undergoing commutation, simplex wave winding, magnetizing intensity, compounded motor, pullout torque, negligible armature resistance, phase angle controller, brush voltage drop, induced torque, armature voltage control, abc phase sequence, induction generator operating, stator magnetic field, voltage law equation, effective rotor resistance, amortisseur windings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Courtesy of General Electric Company, United States, Englewood Cliffs, Electric Motor Handbook, Del Toro, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, International Electrotechnical Commission, Alternating-Current Machinery, Clyde Whipple, Courtesy of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Figure A-l, Van Nostrand, Charles Kingsley, Courtesy of Marathon Electric Company, Courtesy of Westinghouse Electric Company, Repeat Problem, Solving Equation New!
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An electrical machine is a device that can convert either mechanical energy to electrical energy or electrical energy to mechanical energy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
internal generated voltage, governor set points, net magnetomotive force, current cycloconverter, many current paths, simple rotating loop, reactive power sharing, rotor power factor, magnetic circuit corresponding, conductors undergoing commutation, simplex wave winding, magnetizing intensity, compounded motor, pullout torque, negligible armature resistance, phase angle controller, brush voltage drop, induced torque, armature voltage control, abc phase sequence, induction generator operating, stator magnetic field, voltage law equation, effective rotor resistance, amortisseur windings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Courtesy of General Electric Company, United States, Englewood Cliffs, Electric Motor Handbook, Del Toro, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, International Electrotechnical Commission, Alternating-Current Machinery, Clyde Whipple, Courtesy of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Figure A-l, Van Nostrand, Charles Kingsley, Courtesy of Marathon Electric Company, Courtesy of Westinghouse Electric Company, Repeat Problem, Solving Equation New!
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