Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, 6th Edition

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.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Revision of some basic mathematics
1 Some mathematics revision
2 Further mathematics revision

Part 2 Basic electrical engineering principles
3 Units associated with basic electrical quantities
4 An introduction to electric circuits
5 Resistance variation
6 Batteries and alternative sources of energy
7 Series and parallel networks
8 Capacitors and capacitance
9 Magnetic circuits
10 Electromagnetism
11 Electromagnetic induction
12 Electrical measuring instruments and measurements
13 Semiconductor diodes
14 Transistors

Part 3 Electrical principles and technology
15 D.c. circuit theory
16 Alternating voltages and currents
17 Single-phase series a.c. circuits
18 Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits
19 D.c. transients
20 Operational amplifiers
21 Ways of generating electricity – the present and the future
22 Three-phase systems
23 Transformers
24 D.c. machines
25 Three-phase induction motors

Part 4 Advanced circuit theory and technology
26 Revision of complex numbers
27 Application of complex numbers to series a.c. circuits
28 Application of complex numbers to parallel a.c. networks
29 Power in a.c. circuits
30 A.c. bridges
31 Series resonance and Q-factor
32 Parallel resonance and Q-factor
33 Introduction to network analysis
34 Mesh-current and nodal analysis
35 The superposition theorem
36 Thévenin’s and Norton’s theorems
37 Delta–star and star–delta transformations
38 Maximum power transfer theorems and impedance matching
39 Complex waveforms
40 A numerical method of harmonic analysis
41 Magnetic materials
42 Dielectrics and dielectric loss
43 Field theory
44 Attenuators
45 Filter networks
46 Magnetically coupled circuits
47 Transmission lines
48 Transients and Laplace transforms

Part 5 General reference