| Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications (3rd Edition) |  | Author: Austin Hughes
Publisher: Newnes
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 384
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0750647183
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780750647182
ASIN: 0750647183
Publication Date: January 6, 2006
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Product Description
Electric Motors and Drives is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, filling the gap between maths- and theory-based academic textbooks and the more prosaic 'handbooks', which provide useful detail but little opportunity for the development of real insight and understanding. The book explores all of the widely-used modern types of motor and drive, including conventional and brushless D.C., induction motors and servo drives, providing readers with the knowledge to select the right technology for a given job.
The third edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout. New topics include digital interfacing and control of drives, direct torque control of induction motors and current-fed operation in DC drives. The material on brushless servomotors has also been expanded.
Austin Hughes' approach, using a minimum of maths, has established Electric Motors and Drives as a leading guide for electrical engineers and mechanical engineers, and the key to a complex subject for a wider readership, including technicians, managers and students.
* Acquire knowledge of and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of motors and drives without struggling through unnecessary maths and theory
* Updated material on the latest and most widely-used modern motors and drives, including brushless servomotors
* New edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout
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 Textbook August 19, 2010
W. L. Willis (SC)
This book is probably exactly as it was meant to be -- a textbook, and an elementary one at that. The depth of theory O. K. for one wanting to understand how motors work, but it is useless for anyone who knows a fair amount about motors already. Many details have been ignored (to keep confusion to a minimum, I'm sure). Not particularly useful for technicians either.
 No generator section July 14, 2010
adrianbakker
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is a decent overview of many standard types of motors. The product description says that it covers generator designs, but it doesn't even devote an entire page to generators.
 What a great book! February 13, 2010
Greg (Alpena, MI)
I have been searching for years for a book on drives which explains the subject intuitively without resorting to complex mathematics. This book fits the bill perfectly. I finally learned drives....kudos to Mr. Hughes!
Disappointing in its presentation February 11, 2010
John R. Aker (Charlottesville, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book on electric motors and drives is thorough enough in its coverage but is lacking in good graphics (diagrams, curves, and drawings). I realize that the trend is to use fewer and poorer graphics to keep down publication costs, a trend which I and most engineers deplore. For us an excellent graphic is worth paragraphs of prose.
complete and easy to understand February 8, 2010
Parcianello Mario (Torino, TO Italy)
I was looking for a book able to help me understand the working of the electric motors and I am pleased to say that Electric Motors and Drives is exactly what I needed.
Well written and well organized.
Note: if you need a text that delves into the math of the electric motors, this is not what you need.
If you want a text with just the math is really necessary, buy it.
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