Search Results | Explore

Search our database of handpicked sites

Looking for a great physics site? We've tracked down the very best and checked them for accuracy. Just fill out the fields below and we'll do the rest.

Search results from our links database

Showing 1 - 10 of 80

Motor

Electric motors involve rotating coils of wire which are driven by the magnetic force exerted by a magnetic field on an electric current. They transform electrical energy into mechanical energy.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/elemot.html#c1

How does a motor work?

A clear diagram to explain how motors operate with links to follow for further explanations on DC or AC motors.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/mothow.html#c1

Simple Electric Motors

Practical projects for building many types of electric motors. Great for school projects science clubs.

http://www.simplemotor.com/

Breakman's Electric Motor

How to make a simple electric motor at home.

http://fly.hiwaay.net/~palmer/motor.html

Control of Stepping Motors, a tutorial

A manual on how to run and control stepping motors. Useful if you are experimenting with robotics. There is a section on how to program (you will need a C compiler) a stepping motor to run from a ...

http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/

How Electric Motors Work

A brief description of how Electric Motors work from HowStuffWorks.com.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/motor.htm

Induction motor action

Induction motors use shorted wire loops on a rotating armature and obtain their torque from currents induced in these loops by the changing magnetic field produced in the field coils.