Alexander and Sadiku's fourth edition of Fundamentals of Electric Circuits continues in the spirit of its successful previous editions, with the objective of presenting circuit analysis in a manner that is clearer, more interesting, and easier to understand than other, more traditional texts. Students are introduced to the sound, six-step problem solving methodology in chapter one, and are consistently made to apply and practice these steps in practice problems and homework problems throughout the text.
A balance of theory, worked examples and extended examples, practice problems, and real-world applications, combined with over 350 new homework problems for the fourth edition and robust media offerings, renders the fourth edition the most comprehensive and student-friendly approach to linear circuit analysis.
This edition adds the Design a Problem feature which helps students develop their design skills by having the student develop the question as well as the solution. There are over 100 Design a Problem exercises integrated into the problem sets in the book.
Alexander/Sadiku also offers you the convenience of ARIS -- the text-specific web site -- which allows you to assign homework online or create printed homework sets and solutions to your students. The website also features solutions and KCIDE software, which reinforces the books problem-solving approach.
Salient Features * The new Design a Problem feature helps students enhance their design skills by not only solving the problem but asking them to design it! This helps the student more deeply learn the theory while they learn through teaching. * Over 350 new homework problems have been added to this edition, including 121 Design a Problem exercises, and there are now more than 2,400 problems provided in the text. * The six-step problem solving methodology is introduced in chapter one and carried throughout the text and media supplements to promote sound problem-solving practices. * Each illustrative example is immediately followed by a practice problem and answer to test understanding of the preceding example. * "Enhancing Your Skills" and "Enhancing Your Career" chapter openers provide discussions about how to enhance skills that contribute to successful problem-solving, and career-oriented talks on a subdiscipline of electrical engineering to give students a sense of the real-world applications of electrical engineering. * Knowledge Capturing Integrated Design Environment (KCIDE) software provided on the book-specific web site leads students through end of chapter problems using the six-step problem solving method, and keeps a record for how problems are solved so students can share and check their work. An appendix on KCIDE has been added to the text. * Extended examples in each chapter show an example problem worked using a detailed outline of the six-step method so students can see how to practice this technique. * PSpice and MATLAB are integrated thoughout the text, with tutorials included in the appendix. Icons mark end of chapter homework problems that can be solved using PSpice or MATLAB. *
Table of Contents Part 1 DC Circuits 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
Part 2 AC 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
Part 3 Advanced Circuit Analysis 15 Introduction to the Laplace Transform 16 Applications of the Laplace Transform 17 The Fourier Series 18 Fourier Transform 19 Two-Port Networks Appendix A Simultaneous Equations and Matrix Inversion Appendix B Complex Numbers Appendix C Mathematical Formulas Appendix D PSpice for Windows Appendix E MATLAB Appendix F KCIDE Appendix G Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
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