Overview
Main description
Alexander and Sadiku's fifth 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 468 new or changed homework problems for the fifth edition and robust media offerings, renders the fifth edition the most comprehensive and student-friendly approach to linear circuit analysis.
This edition retains 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.
Table of contents
PART 1 DC CircuitsChapter 1 Basic ConceptsChapter 2 Basic LawsChapter 3 Methods of AnalysisChapter 4 Circuit TheoremsChapter 5 Operational AmplifiersChapter 6 Capacitors and InductorsChapter 7 First-Order CircuitsChapter 8 Second-Order CircuitsPART 2 AC CircuitsChapter 9 Sinusoids and PhasorsChapter 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State AnalysisChapter 11 AC Power AnalysisChapter 12 Three-Phase CircuitsChapter 13 Magnetically Coupled CircuitsChapter 14 Frequency ResponsePART 3 Advanced Circuit AnalysisChapter 15 Introduction to the Laplace TransformChapter 16 Applications of the Laplace TransformChapter 17 The Fourier SeriesChapter 18 Fourier TransformChapter 19 Two-Port NetworksAppendix A Simultaneous Equations and Matrix InversionAppendix B Complex NumbersAppendix C Mathematical FormulasAppendix D Answers to Odd-Numbered ProblemsSelected BibliographyIndex
