Computer modeling for enhancing instruction of electric machinery

This paper discusses the use of computers for modeling of electric machinery at the undergraduate level to enhance the lecture as well as the laboratory part of a course on electric machinery with introduction to power systems. It explains how computer simulation helps students not only get a better understanding of the advantages and limitations of computer simulation, but also get a better feel for the physical concepts they study in the lecture and laboratory part of the course. Sample computational projects assigned to the students are described and simulation results obtained from the computer models are presented