The Nature of Electricity 1 (14)
Structure of the Atom 1 (2)
The Electric Charge 3 (1)
The Coulomb
4 (1)
The Electrostatic Field
4 (1)
Potential Difference
5 (1)
Current
5 (1)
Current Flow
6 (1)
Sources of Electricity
7 (1)
Direct and Alternating Currents and Voltages
8 (7)
Electrical Standards and Conventions
15 (24)
Units
Introduction
15 (1)
Metric Prefixes
15 (1)
Powers of 10
16 (4)
Scientific Notation
20 (1)
Rounding Off Numbers
20 (7)
Graphical Symbols and Electrical Diagrams
Schematic Diagram
27 (3)
One-Line Diagram
30 (1)
Block Diagram
30 (2)
Wiring Diagram
32 (1)
Electrical Plan
32 (7)
Ohm's Law And Power
39 (13)
The Electric Circuit
39 (1)
Resistance
40 (1)
Fixed Resistors
40 (1)
Variable Resistors
41 (1)
Ohm's Law
42 (1)
Electric Power
43 (1)
Horsepower
44 (1)
Electric Energy
45 (7)
Direct-Current Series Circuits
52 (23)
Voltage, Current, and Resistance in Series Circuits
52 (3)
Polarity of Voltage Drops
55 (1)
Conductors
56 (4)
Total Power in a Series Circuit
60 (1)
Voltage Drop by Proportional Parts
61 (14)
Direct-Current Parallel Circuits
75 (22)
Voltage and Current in a Parallel Circuit
75 (2)
Resistances in Parallel
77 (3)
Open and Short Circuits
80 (2)
Division of Current in Two Parallel Branches
82 (1)
Conductances in Parallel
83 (1)
Power in Parallel Circuits
84 (13)
Batteries
97 (13)
The Voltaic Cell
97 (1)
Series and Parallel Cells
98 (1)
Primary and Secondary Cells
99 (1)
Types of Batteries
99 (4)
Battery Characteristics
103 (7)
Kirchhoff's Laws
110 (18)
Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
110 (2)
Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)
112 (2)
Mesh Currents
114 (2)
Node Voltages
116 (12)
Determinant Solutions For Dc Networks
128 (25)
Second-Order Determinants
128 (1)
Third-Order Determinants
128 (2)
Cramer's Rule
130 (5)
Determinant Method for Solving Currents in a Two-Mesh Network
135 (1)
Determinant Method for Solving Currents in a Three-Mesh Network
136 (17)
Network Calculations
153 (52)
Y and Delta Networks
153 (4)
Superposition
157 (2)
Thevenin's Theorem
159 (2)
Norton's Theorem
161 (3)
Series-Parallel Circuits
164 (2)
Wheatstone Bridge Circuit
166 (1)
Maximum Power Transfer
167 (1)
Line-Drop Calculations
168 (2)
Three-Wire Distribution Systems
170 (35)
Magnetism and Electromagnetism
205 (24)
The Nature of Magnetism
205 (1)
Magnetic Materials
206 (1)
Electromagnetism
207 (3)
Magnetic Units
210 (2)
BH Magnetization Curve
212 (1)
Magnetic Circuits
213 (2)
Electromagnetic Induction
215 (3)
International System of Units
218 (11)
Direct-Current Generators and Motors
229 (23)
Motors and Generators
229 (1)
Simple DC Generator
230 (1)
Armature Windings
231 (1)
Field Excitation
232 (1)
DC Generator Equivalent Circuit
233 (1)
Generator Voltage Equations and Voltage Regulation
234 (1)
Losses and Efficiency of a DC Machine
235 (1)
Direct-Current Motor
236 (1)
DC Motor Equivalent Circuit
237 (1)
Speed of a Motor
238 (1)
Motor Types
239 (2)
Starting Requirements for Motors
241 (11)
Principles of Alternating Current
252 (23)
Generating an Alternating Voltage
252 (1)
Angular Measurement
252 (2)
Sine Wave
254 (1)
Alternating Current
254 (1)
Frequency and Period
255 (1)
Phase Relationships
256 (1)
Phasors
256 (3)
Characteristic Values of Voltage and Current
259 (2)
Resistance in AC Circuits
261 (14)
Inductance, Inductive Reactance, and Inductive Circuits
275 (30)
Induction
275 (1)
Characteristics of Coils
276 (1)
Inductive Reactance
277 (1)
Inductors in Series or Parallel
278 (3)
Inductive Circuits
281 (6)
Q of a Coil
287 (1)
Power in RL Circuits
288 (17)
Capacitance, Capacitive Reactance, and Capacitive Circuits
305 (27)
Capacitor
305 (1)
Capacitance
306 (2)
Types of Capacitors
308 (1)
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
308 (2)
Capacitive Reactance
310 (1)
Capacitive Circuits
311 (5)
Power in RC Circuits
316 (16)
Single-Phase Circuits
332 (29)
The General RLC Circuit
332 (1)
RLC in Series
332 (3)
RLC in Parallel
335 (3)
RL and RC Branches in Parallel
338 (2)
Power and Power Factor
340 (21)
Alternating-Current Generators and Motors
361 (24)
Alternators
361 (3)
Paralleling Generators
364 (1)
Ratings
364 (1)
Losses and Efficiency
364 (1)
Polyphase Induction Motors
365 (3)
Synchronous Motors
368 (4)
Single-Phase Motors
372 (13)
Complex Numbers and Complex Impedance For Series Ac Circuits
385 (24)
Introduction
385 (1)
Definition of a Complex Number
385 (1)
Operator j
385 (2)
Rectangular and Polar Forms of Complex Numbers
387 (2)
Operations with Complex Numbers
389 (3)
Complex Impedance in Series
392 (17)
AC Circuit Analysis With Complex Numbers
409 (46)
Phasors
409 (1)
Two-Terminal Network
409 (1)
Series AC Circuit
409 (2)
Parallel AC Circuit
411 (3)
Series-Parallel AC Circuit
414 (2)
Complex Power
416 (5)
Determinant Solution for AC Circuits
421 (3)
AC Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions
424 (31)
Transformers
455 (19)
Ideal Transformer Characteristics
455 (3)
Transformer Ratings
458 (1)
Impedance Ratio
459 (1)
Autotransformer
460 (1)
Transformer Losses and Efficiency
460 (2)
No-Load Condition
462 (1)
Coil Polarity
463 (11)
Three-Phase Systems
474 (25)
Characteristics of Three-Phase Systems
474 (1)
Three-Phase Transformer Connections
475 (2)
Power in Balanced Three-Phase Loads
477 (5)
Unbalanced Three-Phase Loads
482 (17)
Series and Parallel Resonance
499 (25)
Series Resonance
499 (4)
Q of Series Circuit
503 (1)
Parallel Resonance
503 (3)
Q of Parallel Circuit
506 (2)
Bandwidth and Power of Resonant Circuit
508 (2)
Summary
510 (14)
Waveforms and Time Constants
524 (29)
RL Series Circuit Waveforms
524 (4)
RL Time Constants
528 (2)
RC Series Circuit Waveforms
530 (4)
RC Time Constants
534 (1)
Calculation for Time t
535 (18)
Index 553