Modeling and analysis of the induction machine: a computational/experimental approach

A multicomponent approach for communicating an understanding of the behavior of an induction machine to undergraduates is presented. In this approach, students set up and perform laboratory tests to determine equivalent-circuit parameters for the machine, develop software to analyze the circuit model, and compare the simulated results with laboratory observations and theoretical expectations. It is shown how such an approach reinforces the student´s understanding of both the physical machine and the purpose of equivalent-circuit modeling and simulation in a more general context as well