Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications 3ed

Electric Motors and Drives is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, filling the gap between 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. Austin Hughes' approach, using a minimum of maths, has established Electric Motors and Drives as a leading guide for engineers, and the key to a complex subject for a wider readership, including technicians, managers and students. Acquire essential practical knowledge of motors and drives, with a minimum of math and theory Updated material on the latest and most widely-used modern motors and drives New edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout