For DC/AC Circuits courses requiring a comprehensive, classroom tested text with an emphasis on troubleshooting and the practical application of DC/AC principles and concepts.
This text provides an exceptionally clear introduction to DC/AC circuits supported by superior exercises, examples, and illustrations and an emphasis on troubleshooting and applications. Throughout the text's coverage, the use of mathematics is limited to only those concepts that are needed for understanding. Floyd's acclaimed troubleshooting emphasis provides students with the problem solving experience they need to step out of the classroom and into a job!
- Chapter 1: Quantities and Units
- Chapter 2: Voltage, Current, and Resistance
- Chapter 3: Ohm’s Law
- Chapter 4: Energy and Power
- Chapter 5 Series Circuits
- Chapter 6 Parallel Circuits
- Chapter 7 Series-Parallel Circuits
- Chapter 8 Circuit Theorems and Conversions
- Chapter 9 Branch, Loop, and Node Analyses
- Chapter 10 Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Chapter 11 Introduction to Alternating Current and Voltage\
- Chapter 12 Capacitors
- Chapter 13 Inductors
- Chapter 14 RC Circuits
- Chapter 15 RL Circuits
- Chapter 16 RLC Circuits and Resonance
- Chapter 17 Passive filters
- Chapter 18 Circuit Theorems in AC Analysis
- Chapter 19 Time Response of Reactive Circuits
- Chapter 20 Three-Phase Systems in Power Applications
- Appendices
- A Table of Standard Resistor Values
- B Derivations
- C Capacitor Color Coding
- Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
- Glossary
- Index