ABSTRACT

Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology is a fully comprehensive text for courses in electrical and electronic principles, circuit theory and electrical technology. The coverage takes students from the fundamentals of the subject, to the completion of a first year degree level course. Thus, this book is ideal for students studying engineering for the first time, and is also suitable for pre-degree vocational courses, especially where progression to higher levels of study is likely.

John Bird's approach, based on 700 worked examples supported by over 1000 problems (including answers), is ideal for students of a wide range of abilities, and can be worked through at the student's own pace. Theory is kept to a minimum, placing a firm emphasis on problem-solving skills, and making this a thoroughly practical introduction to these core subjects in the electrical and electronic engineering curriculum.

This revised edition includes new material on transients and laplace transforms, with the content carefully matched to typical undergraduate modules.

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part |1 pages

Part 1 Basic electrical engineering principles

chapter 2|13 pages

An introduction to electric circuits

chapter 3|8 pages

Resistance variation

chapter 4|10 pages

Chemical effects of electricity

chapter 5|1 pages

Series and parallel networks

chapter |13 pages

Assignment 1

chapter 6|19 pages

Capacitors and capacitance

chapter 7|13 pages

Magnetic circuits

chapter |2 pages

Assignment 2

chapter 8|11 pages

Electromagnetism

chapter 9|12 pages

Electromagnetic induction

chapter 11|8 pages

Semiconductor diodes

chapter 12|17 pages

Transistors

chapter |2 pages

Assignment 3

chapter |1 pages

Main formulae for Part 1

part |1 pages

Part 2 Electrical principles and technology

chapter 13|26 pages

D.c. circuit theory

chapter 14|19 pages

Alternating voltages and currents

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 4

chapter 15|25 pages

Single-phase series a.c. circuits

chapter 16|21 pages

Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits

chapter 17|19 pages

D.c. transients

chapter 18|18 pages

Operational amplifiers

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 5

chapter 19|18 pages

Three phase systems

chapter 20|34 pages

Transformers

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 6

chapter 21|36 pages

D.c. machines

chapter 22|22 pages

Three-phase induction motors

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 7

chapter |3 pages

Main formulae for Part 2

part |1 pages

Part 3 Advanced circuit theory and technology

chapter 23|14 pages

Revision of complex numbers

chapter 26|16 pages

Power in a.c. circuits

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 8

chapter 27|15 pages

A.c. bridges

chapter 28|24 pages

Series resonance and Q-factor

chapter 29|15 pages

Parallel resonance and Q-factor

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 9

chapter 30|14 pages

Introduction to network analysis

chapter 31|17 pages

Mesh-current and nodal analysis

chapter 32|13 pages

The superposition theorem

chapter 33|27 pages

The´venin’s and Norton’s theorems

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 10

chapter 34|14 pages

Delta-star and star-delta transformations

chapter |2 pages

Assignment 11

chapter 36|47 pages

Complex Waveforms

chapter 37|10 pages

A numerical method of harmonic analysis

chapter 38|22 pages

Magnetic materials

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 12

chapter 39|9 pages

Dielectrics and dielectric loss

chapter 40|38 pages

Field theory

chapter 41|31 pages

Attenuators

chapter |1 pages

Assignment 13

chapter 42|51 pages

Filter networks

chapter 43|28 pages

Magnetically coupled circuits

chapter 44|32 pages

Transmission lines

chapter 45|57 pages

Transients and Laplace transforms

chapter |2 pages

Assignment 14

chapter |5 pages

Main formulae for Part 3

part |1 pages

Part 4 General reference

chapter |1 pages

Greek alphabet

chapter |1 pages

Common prefixes

chapter |2 pages

Resistor colour coding and ohmic values