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cover of Condition Monitoring of Rotating Electrical Machines

Condition Monitoring of Rotating Electrical Machines

Peter Tavner

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2026

Rotating electrical machines are embedded in nearly every sector of modern industry; they are widely used in industrial settings, as motors in transportation applications - including electric vehicles - and in power generation, where they are a key component of wind turbines.
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Mechanical Vibration

Theory and Application

Haym Benaroya

Rutgers University Press, 2022

Mechanical Vibration: Theory and Application presents comprehensive coverage of the fundamental principles of mechanical vibration, including the theory of vibration, as well as discussions and examples of the applications of these principles to practical engineering problems. The book also addresses the effects of uncertainties in vibration analysis and design and develops passive and active methods for the control of vibration. Many example problems with solutions are provided. These examples as well as compelling case studies and stories of real-world applications of mechanical vibration have been carefully chosen and presented to help the reader gain a thorough understanding of the subject.

 

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The Science of Energy

A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain

Crosbie Smith

University of Chicago Press, 1999

Although we take it for granted today, the concept of "energy" transformed nineteenth-century physics. In The Science of Energy, Crosbie Smith shows how a North British group of scientists and engineers, including James Joule, James Clerk Maxwell, William and James Thomson, Fleeming Jenkin, and P. G. Tait, developed energy physics to solve practical problems encountered by Scottish shipbuilders and marine engineers; to counter biblical revivalism and evolutionary materialism; and to rapidly enhance their own scientific credibility.

Replacing the language and concepts of classical mechanics with terms such as "actual" and "potential" energy, the North British group conducted their revolution in physics so astutely and vigorously that the concept of "energy"—a valuable commodity in the early days of industrialization—became their intellectual property. Smith skillfully places this revolution in its scientific and cultural context, exploring the actual creation of scientific knowledge during one of the most significant episodes in the history of physics.

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