Course detail

Topical Issues of Electrical Machines and Apparatus

FEKT-DKA-VE2Acad. year: 2025/2026

Topical subjects of electromechanical energy conversion and electrical apparatus theory and design. Application of up-to-date numerical methods and AI to solution of problems in the field of electric machines and apparatus.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

The subject knowledge on the technical university education level is requested.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Student elaborates project according to teachers' instructions (15 standard pages, max. 30 points). Subject is finished by oral final exam (max. 70 points).
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

Extension of theoretical knowledge essential for elaboration and successsful defense of PhD. thesis. Scientific education in the field of electric machines and apparatus.
General summary acquirement on recent trends in the field of electric machines and apparatus. Acquisition and implementation of up-to-date numerical methods and methods of AI.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Ch.-M. Ong, Dynamic simulation of electric machinery using matlab and simulink. Prentice Hall, USA, 1997. (EN)
J. Pyrhonen, T. Jokinen, V. Hrabovcova, Design of Rotating Electrical Machines. 2nd edition. Wiley, 2013. 538 p. ISBN 978-1118581575. (EN)

Recommended reading

D.C. White, H.H. Woodsone, Electromechanical energy conversion. John Wiley and sons, NY 1959 (EN)
I. Boldea, Reluctance synchronous machines and drives. Clarendon Press, 1996. 240 p. ISBN 978-0198593911. (EN)
I. Boldea, S.A. Nasar, The Induction Machine Handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 2002. 949 p. ISBN 0-8493-0004-5. (EN)
J. R. Jr. Hendershot, T.J.E. Miller, Design of Brushless Permanent-Magnet Motors. Motor Design Books LLC, 2010. ISBN 978-0984068708. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKA-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer