The material in this book was structured into independent tracks. Chapter 1 forms a fundamental background common to all tracks. It covers the mechanical and electrical principles common to all types of machinery. Chapter 2 covers transformers, and Chapter 3 provides a fundamental grounding in solid - state power - control devices. Dc machinery is covered in Chapter 4,5, and 6 and ac machinery is covered in Chapter 7,8,9, and 10. Chapter 11 is devoted to single-phase and special - purpose machines. The third goal of the book was to make the material as up to date as posible. The solid-state electronics found in Chapter 3 and scattered throughout the remainder of the book constitutes a brief introduction to most dramatic development in the recent history of machinery. In addition, special material is include in the dc machinery chapters describing the resent changes in machine construction to accommodate solid - state drives,...//Yeni