Engineering · Electrical Engineering
A topic within Electrical Engineering, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Engineering.
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Nikola Tesla
Describes a motor driven by a rotating magnetic field produced from polyphase alternating current, dispensing with the commutator that limited direct-current motors and making practical long-distance AC power transmission and use possible.
James L. Kirtley Jr. (MIT OpenCourseWare)
Derives motor and generator behaviour from the same electromagnetic energy-conversion principle, arguing that induction, synchronous and DC machines are variations on one idea rather than three separate subjects.
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