Alexander and Sadikus 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.
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