Electric Machinery and Power System Fundamentals (Int'l Ed)  (English, Paperback, Chapman Stephen)

Stephen J. Chapman is a leading author in the area of machines. He brings his expertise to the table again in An "Introduction to Electric Machinery and Power Systems." This text is designed to be used in a course that combines machinery and power systems into one semester. Chapman's new book is designed to be flexible and allow instructors to choose chapters "a la carte", so the instructor controls the emphasis.

Chapman has written a book that give students what they need to know to be real-world engineers. It focuses on principles and teaches students how to use information as opposed to do a lot of calculations that would rarely be done by a practicing engineer. He compresses the material by focusing on its essence, underlying principles. Matlab is used throughout the book in examples and problems.

Key Features

• This textbook provides MATLAB software to make complex calculations simple to perform, while allowing students to explore the behavior of problems interactively.
• Figures and examples throughout the chapters help students to visualize and work through concepts discussed in the book. By using MATLAB, examples become complete solutions for students because the mathematics are no longer tedious.
• Chapman introduces a complete and functional MATLAB power-flow analysis program, which students can use to solve significant power-flow problems and learn about system behavior.
• End-of-chapter problems contain situational exercises. Situational problems are presented and effects are examined, helping students to think in real-world ways.
• This book is designed to be modular. The instructor can easily pick and choose the chapters they want to cover. This is especially important because it is difficult to cover both machinery and power systems in one semester.
• www.mhhe.com/chapman -- contains password protected solutions and powerpoint slides