recomended book on electric machines - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 02:18:38 pm
content: I am studying electric machines. Is there a good book anyone can recomend that does not cost 100's ? I am not going deeply into the subject but my course material as always will be hopeless.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 02:32:23 pm
content: hmm.. could i suggest my high old school books? (in italian of course) I also come from an ITIS (Perito in Elettrotecnica ed Automazione)I remember them being very well done, with detailed graphs and drawings.. but it carefully avoided derivatives and integrals as they were the absolute last subject in the math course (second semester of final year)

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 02:42:21 pm
content: Quote from: JPortici on September 10, 2018, 02:32:23 pmYea, I wish I kept my books from school. i liked the electronics manual that they lent us so much that I bought one even if it is in Italian

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 02:47:40 pm
content: when i get home i'll look for it (should be on my bookshelf but who knows..) i can also upload a couple of pages for you to see if it's acceptable.. just tell me from which chapters

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 04:00:25 pm
content: A classic:Electric Machinery, by Fitzgerald, Kingsley & Umans.

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 04:16:35 pm
content: You can also try "Alternating Current Machines" by M. G. Say.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 05:20:32 pm
content: I've ordered this one:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292024585/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 05:42:54 pm
content: Olivieri Ravelli, Elettrotecnica (per Elettrotecnica ed Automazione) Vol. 2book is from '96, it lacks a lot of information about BLDC and inverters in general ("static converters")back in 2008-2010 when i was studying they still were a novelty, though..The book is still highly regarded, well written.

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 09:43:39 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on September 10, 2018, 05:20:32 pmSeems to cover pretty much e'r'thing.

author: jmelson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2018, 10:21:26 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on September 10, 2018, 02:18:38 pmSome of the best ones out there are the ones my professor's PROFESSORS used! Yes, that goes WAY back. There's one by C. P. Steinmetz, in fact, that is quite good. But, I'm not loaning that one out to ANYBODY.Jon

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2018, 01:20:34 am
content: If you're fine with some very old ones (a lot has changed since, but electrons are still electrons...) then take a look on archive.org . Here's some exampleshttps://archive.org/details/electricalmachin00crofrichhttps://archive.org/details/advancedcoursein00fiskhttps://archive.org/details/dynamoelectricma00thomrichhttps://archive.org/details/principlesofdire00langrich

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2018, 01:09:58 pm
content: Quote from: jmelson on September 10, 2018, 10:21:26 pmI would put that book in a nice display frame, and proudly hang it on my office wall.

author: iainwhite
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 12, 2018, 04:56:02 pm
content: The Steinmetz books appear to be out of copyright and are available online.I found one here:https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001616990