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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
26. Electrical Engineering
Author : Martin Poppe
Published in: Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Some of the most sophisticated systems are the result of close cooperation between mechanical and electrical engineers. This chapter aims to provide mechanical engineers with an introduction to electrical engineering. It explains its basic laws and components, and how they are used to create electrical and electronic systems.
The fundamental laws of electrodynamics are presented using terminology that is also common to mechanical engineers. In this way, the reader will, for example, understand why inductors are made by winding wires around a core and why, in different applications, completely different types of capacitors and resistors are used.
This chapter not only explains how electrical machines and generators work. It also shows how strong machines may become intelligent strong machines. For this purpose, it describes the functioning of transistors and shows how electronic networks can be analyzed. It also explains how semiconductor devices are able to switch and steer high tensions and large currents.
The chapter ends with a glance at one of the most challenging fields common to electrical and mechanical engineers: the storage of power.