Download PDF Fundamentals of Electric Circuits fifth edition by Charles K. Alexander

Sinopsis

ABET EC 2000 criteria (3.a), “an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.” As students, you are required to study mathematics, science, and engineering with the purpose of being able to apply that knowledge to the solution of engineering problems. The skill here is the ability to apply the fundamentals of these areas in the solution of a problem. So how do you develop and enhance this skill?

The best approach is to work as many problems as possible in all of your courses. However, if you are really going to be successful with this, you must spend time analyzing where and when and why you have difficulty in easily arriving at successful solutions. You may be surprised to learn that most of your problem-solving problems are with mathematics rather than your understanding of theory. You may also learn that you start working the problem too soon. Taking time to think about the problem and how you should solve it will always save you time and frustration in the end.

What I have found that works best for me is to apply our sixstep problem-solving technique. Then I carefully identify the areas where I have difficulty solving the problem. Many times, my actual deficiencies are in my understanding and ability to use correctly certain mathematical principles. I then return to my fundamental math texts and carefully review the appropriate sections, and in some cases, work some example problems in that text. This brings me to another important thing you should always do: Keep nearby all your basic mathematics, science, and engineering textbooks.

This process of continually looking up material you thought you had acquired in earlier courses may seem very tedious at first; however, as your skills develop and your knowledge increases, this process will become easier and easier. On a personal note, it is this very process that led me from being a much less than average student to someone who could earn a Ph.D. and become a successful researcher.

Content

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
9. Sinusoids and Phasors
10. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis
11. AC Power Analysis
12. Three-Phase Circuits
13. Magnetically Coupled Circuits
14. Frequency Response
15. Introduction to the Laplace Transform
16. Applications of the Laplace Transform
17. The Fourier Series
18. Fourier Transform
19. Two-Port Networks
20. Simultaneous Equations and Matrix Inversion
21. Mathematical Formulas
22. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Click here to download