Why Use ElectroMechanical Energy Conversion? – Modes of Operation – Key Components of an Electrical Drive System – What Characterizes High Performance Drives? – Notational Conventions – Voltage and Current Conventions – Mechanical Conventions – Use of Building Blocks to Represent Equations – Basic Generic Building Block Set – Magnetic Principles – Force Production – Magnetic Flux and Flux Density – Magnetic Circuits – Electrical Circuit Analogy and Reluctance – FluxLinkage and SelfInductance – Magnetic Saturation – Machine Sizing Principles – Tutorials – Tutorial : Magnetic Analysis of a Rotational – Symmetric Structure – Tutorial : Magnetic Analysis of an “E” Core – Type Structure – Simple ElectroMagnetic Circuits – Introduction – Linear Inductance – Coil Resistance – Magnetic Saturation – Use of Phasors for Analyzing Linear Circuits – Application of Phasors to a Linear Inductance – with Resistance Network – Tutorials – Tutorial : Analysis of a Linear Inductance Model – Tutorial : Symbolic Model Analysis of a – Linear Inductance Model – Tutorial : Analysis of a Nonlinear – Inductance Model – Tutorial : PLECS Based Analysis of a – Nonlinear Inductance Model with Revised – Excitation Condition – Tutorial : PLECS Based Electromagnetic – Circuit Example .