Description
AC/DC Principles and Applications is a comprehensive textbook that covers electrical and electronic theory and its application to alternating- and direct-current circuits. Each chapter includes electrical, electronic, and mathematical concepts and applications that address the skill-set needs of technicians and equipment designers and tie key concepts and applications to real-world systems and equipment. This edition reinforces comprehension with typical industry applications. Special emphasis is placed on the development of AC and DC circuit design skills.
CONTENTS
• Basic Concepts of Electricity
• Electrical Safety
• Resistance
• Voltage Sources
• The Simple Circuit and Ohm's Law
• DC Series Circuits
• DC Parallel Circuits
• DC Series/Parallel Circuits
• Complex Network Analysis Techniques
• Electromagnetism
• DC Circuit Inductance
• DC Circuit Capacitance
• AC Fundamentals
• Vectors and Phase Relationships
• Resistive AC Circuits
• Inductive AC Circuits
• Capacitive AC Circuits
• Inductive-Resistive-Capacitive Circuits
• Resonance
• Three-Phase AC
• Transformers
• AC Motors