Hendershot & Miller have collaborated to bring together the most complete text on the design and understanding of permanent-magnet brushless motors. The sixteen chapters cover all aspects of design, simulation and brushless controllers for both square wave and sinusoidal designs. The basic design choices are discussed, along with the magnetic design and the electrical design. Such related topics as K_t/K_e, core losses, electronic commutation, performance testing, computer-aided design, example hand calculations, control systems, cooling and magnetic materials are covered in great detail. The book is profusely illustrated with detailed information unknown to be available from other sources.

This book is a must for all serious students, designers, and users of brushless DC motors and drives. Certain chapters can be used by those interested in hands-on practical brushless motor design which include all of the real world details required for the actual production of a motor. Other chapters provide the in depth and rigorous analysis of the magnetic and electric circuits for a detailed academic understanding of brushless DC motors.

James R. Hendershot Jr. is the president of MOTORSOFT which owns Magna Physics Publishing. He has 30 years experience in practical hands-on permanent magnet motor design and development. He has designed hundreds of brushless motors for computer disc drives, servo systems and high speed machine tools spindles.

TJE Miller is Lucas Professor of power electronics and the director of the SPEED Consortium at the University of Glasgow U.K. He has 20 years experience in the U.K. and General Electric Research in Schenectady, New York plus teaching/research at the University of Glasgow.