Electric Motors and Drives, Second Edition (Paperback)

by Austin Hughes (Author) "Electric motors are so much a part of everyday life that we seldom give them a second thought..." (more)
Key Phrases: step command pulses, motor current will, current reference signal, Speed Figure, Brook Crompton, Time Figure (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"This book is very readable, up-to-date and should be extremely useful to both users and o.e.m. designers. I unhesitatingly recommend it to any busy engineer who needs to make informed judgments about selecting the right drive system."
- Drives and Controls

"A very useful reference book for anyone wanting a comprehensive understanding of motors and drives ... I have not seen another book which covers this wide subject more comprehensively and in such an easy-to-read style."
- Silicon Chip, May 2006

"I would regard this book as a light but broad coverage of many motor and drive concepts that have been around a long time."
- Dennis Feucht, Innovatia.com

"The coverage of drive types and behaviors is thorough and up to date."
- Electrical Apparatus, May 2006 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Book Description
Understand the capabilities and limitations of motors and drives with this practical guide for students and professionals --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 2 edition (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750617411
• ISBN-13: 978-0750617413
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #312,517 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant introduction to the world of electric motors, June 9, 1999

By	Michele Paratico ([e-mail]) (Agrate Brianza (MI), Italy) - See all my reviews

For professional reasons I needed to get a clear overview on the fundamentals of electric motors and their drives, without delving into details. This book completely satisfied my requests. More intensively every day software is involved in the design of drives for electric motors. DSP and microcontrollers are the cores of this drives. Software engineers don't need to know the details of functionality of the motors therefore can get a benefit from reading this book in order to understand why some algorithms are implemented in the programs they develop. I found very interesting the explicit intention to explain the fundamentals of electric motors in a non quantitative way: in complicated formulas the essence of reality gets lost. Now, after reading this book, I can say that I have understood how the electric motors work.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motor basics presently clearly without being buried in math., September 18, 1999

By A Customer

The book presents the key points about how motors function without the labor of all the math. I would suggest this book as required reading prior to taking an electrical engineering class on motors to all undergrads. It will help when they are writing all those equations in one of the electromechanical machine classes. The beauty of the book is that it presents what you "need to walk around with" to understand motor functions.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Curious Non-Techies Beware!, November 8, 2001

By A Customer

I bought this book based on the other two customer reviews, hoping to find a decently priced book that could answer some of my questions. It answered one of them. Oh, I'm sure all the other answers are in there somewhere, but I certainly can't find them. This is not a book for newbies to the field! Unless you've got a healthy understanding of electronics already, it sounds like the author is describing something from Star Trek. Sure, there's no math to worry about, but the jargon alone is enough to baffle the average Joe. You'd have to eat, sleep, and breathe science just to stay awake while reading it. Do they make an Electric Motors for Dummies...?