ABSTRACT

A fully comprehensive text for courses in electrical principles, circuit theory and electrical technology, providing 800 worked examples and over 1,350 further problems for students to work through at their own pace. This book is ideal for students studying engineering for the first time as part of BTEC National and other pre-degree vocational courses, as well as Higher Nationals, Foundation Degrees and first-year undergraduate modules.

part |2 pages

Part 1 Revision of some basic mathematics

chapter 1|20 pages

Some mathematics revision

chapter 2|21 pages

Further mathematics revision

part |2 pages

Part 2 Basic electrical engineering principles

chapter 4|9 pages

An introduction to electric circuits

chapter 5|8 pages

Resistance variation

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 1

chapter 7|16 pages

Series and parallel networks

chapter 8|16 pages

Capacitors and capacitance

chapter 9|12 pages

Magnetic circuits

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 2

chapter 10|10 pages

Electromagnetism

chapter 11|13 pages

Electromagnetic induction

chapter 13|13 pages

Semiconductor diodes

chapter 14|18 pages

Transistors

chapter |2 pages

Revision Test 3

part |2 pages

Part 3 Electrical principles and technology

chapter 15|23 pages

D.c. circuit theory

chapter 16|15 pages

Alternating voltages and currents

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 4

chapter 17|19 pages

Single-phase series a.c. circuits

chapter 18|17 pages

Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits

chapter 19|15 pages

D.c. transients

chapter 20|13 pages

Operational amplifiers

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 5

chapter 22|13 pages

Three-phase systems

chapter 23|21 pages

Transformers

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 6

chapter 24|22 pages

D.c. machines

chapter 25|15 pages

Three-phase induction motors

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 7

part |2 pages

Part 4 Advanced circuit theory and technology

chapter 26|10 pages

Revision of complex numbers

chapter 29|13 pages

Power in a.c. circuits

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 8

chapter 30|11 pages

A.c. bridges

chapter 31|15 pages

Series resonance and Q-factor

chapter 32|10 pages

Parallel resonance and Q-factor

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 9

chapter 33|10 pages

7 Introduction

chapter 34|11 pages

Mesh-current and nodal analysis

chapter 35|10 pages

The superposition theorem

chapter 36|23 pages

Thévenin’s and Norton’s theorems

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 10

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 11

chapter 39|37 pages

Complex waveforms

chapter 40|7 pages

A numerical method of harmonic analysis

chapter 41|15 pages

Magnetic materials

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 12

chapter 42|7 pages

Dielectrics and dielectric loss

chapter 43|23 pages

Field theory

chapter 44|32 pages

Attenuators

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 13

chapter 45|30 pages

Filter networks

chapter 46|18 pages

Magnetically coupled circuits

chapter 47|19 pages

Transmission lines

chapter 48|36 pages

Transients and Laplace transforms

chapter |1 pages

Revision Test 14

part |2 pages

Part 5 General reference

chapter |1 pages

Greek alphabet

chapter |1 pages

Common prefixes

chapter |1 pages

Resistor colour coding and ohmic values

chapter |22 pages

Answers to Practice Exercises