Electric Machinery Fundamentals

Overview

Main description

Electric Machinery Fundamentals continues to be a best-selling machinery text due to its accessible, student-friendly coverage of the important topics in the field.

In the fifth edition, the use of MATLAB® continues to be incorporated in examples and problems, where applicable. The targeted and thought-provoking problems you've come to appreciate have been retained in this edition.

Chapman continues to share his up-to-date knowledge and experiences in the field in an engaging and understandable style.

Table of contents

1 Introduction to Machinery Principles 2 Transformers 3 AC Machinery Fundamentals 4 Synchronous Generators 5 Synchronous Motors 6 Induction Motors 7 DC Machinery Fundamentals 8 DC Motors and Generators 9 Single-Phase and Special-Purpose Motors Appendix A Three-Phase Circuits Appendix B Coil Pitch and Distributed Windings Appendix C Salient-Pole Theory of Synchronous Machines Appendix D Tables of Contents and Conversion Factors