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l'h1& """~C IltU!!"'i'tS to Cle&CI lbe how :inite eJ.ellu!nt field aNilysis methods are being emFloyed in ~he design of electrical machines. It discusses results and experiences obtai~ed from 'inite e.p-me!':;: IIna.l)l~is ~\lPl.kat~oo to electrical ",achllies-ioc: lin""se and nonllnear electric and magnetic field Froblerns-in ord~r to gain useful design infolmatio~ from this nllmecical a~lysis tool. It presents ~atio~s applic5tions cooerLng m~gnetic con~tants descrlb~ng the Ii. gap flux, slot leak"fJP, l""''''Ie path perm" .. nc .. evaluation, and the decailed 5[udies of fIeld d istllt'~tlon and ltS e ftects. 'l'hi s verll proeuces desi,!!1 and perforntance da ell lind com?," Jtation tools ~hich ~ill r.elp engineers to design highly rated electrical machinp.s c~pII~le of meetirg no~~al and abllormal o~"ratlng condlti~ns reliably and ~itn ~concmy.