Fundamentals of Electric Circuits (3rd printing) with CD-ROM

by Alexander, Charles K.

• ISBN13: 9780073048352
• ISBN10: 0073048356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 2e is intended for use in the introductory circuit analysis or circuit theory course taught in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology departments. The main objective of this book is to present circuit analysis in a clear, easy-to-understand manner, with many practical applications to interest the student.Each chapter opens with either historical sketches or career information on a subdiscipline of electrical engineering. This is followed by an introduction that includes chapter objectives. Each chapter closes with a summary of the key points and formulas.The authors present principles in an appealing and lucid step-by-step manner, carefully explaining each step. Important formulas are highlighted to help students sort out what is essential and what is not. Many pedagogical aids reinforce the concepts learned in the text so that students get comfortable with the various methods of analysis presented in the text.

Table of Contents

Part 1 DC Circuits

1 Basic Concepts

2 Basic Laws

3 Methods of Analysis

4 Circuit Theorems

5 Operational Amplifiers

6 Capacitors and Inductors

7 First-Order Circuits

8 Second-Order Circuits

Part 2 AC Circuits

9 Sinusoids and Phasors

10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

11 AC Power Analysis

12 Three-Phase Circuits

13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits

14 Frequency Response

Part 3 Advanced Circuit Analysis

15 Introduction to Laplace Transforms

16 Applications of Laplace Transforms

17 The Fourier Series

18 Fourier Transform

19 Two-Port Networks

Appendix A Simultaneous Equations and Matrix Inversion

Appendix B Complex Numbers

Appendix C Mathematical Formulas

Appendix D PSpice for Windows

Appendix E MATLAB

Appendix F Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems