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Electric Machines (6.685)

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() key to symbols Prereq: 6.061 or 6.690; or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9

Treatment of electromechanical transducers, rotating and linear electric machines. Lumped-parameter electromechanics. Power flow using Poynting's theorem, force estimation using the Maxwell stress tensor and Principle of virtual work. Development of analytical techniques for predicting device characteristics: energy conversion density, efficiency; and of system interaction characteristics: regulation, stability, controllability, and response. Use of electric machines in drive systems. Problems taken from current research.

J. L. Kirtley, Jr.

Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.