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Charles LeGeyt Fortescue and the method of symmetrical components

F.a. FurfariJ. Brittain

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EngineeringElectrificationWork (electrical)Control and Systems Engineeringbusiness.industryElectrical engineeringEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyPolyphase systemElectrical and Electronic EngineeringbusinessSymmetrical componentsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering

description

The author gives a brief review of the life and work of Charles LeGeyt Fortescue with particular reference to his 1918 paper on the "Method of Symmetrical Co-Ordinates Applied to the Solution of Polyphase Networks" which grew out of his investigations of problems related to railway electrification, which began in 1913. As a postlude to the author's article, the paper presents Fortescue's own writing on the topic of symmetrical components, which he included in a document he produced on 8 October 1934, titled "High Points in My Career".

https://doi.org/10.1109/mia.2002.999605