<p>For non-electrical engineering majors taking the introduction to electrical engineering course.</p><p><strong><em>Electrical Engineering: Concepts and Applications</em></strong> is the result of a multi-disciplinary effort at Michigan Technological University to create a new curriculum that is attractive, motivational, and relevant to students by creating many application-based problems; and provide the optimal level of both range and depth of coverage of EE topics in a curriculum package.</p>

<P>Table of ContentsPreface xv<BR>Acknowledgements xix<BR><B>Chapter 1 Why Electrical Engineering? 1</B><BR>1.1 Introduction 1<BR>1.2 Electrical Engineering and a Successful Career 2<BR>1.3 What Do You Need to Know about EE? 2<BR>1.4 Real Career Success Stories 3<BR>1.5 Typical Situations Encountered on the Job 4<BR>1.5.1 On-the-Job Situation 1: Active Structural Control 4<BR>1.5.2 On-the-Job Situation 2: Chemical Process Control 6<BR>1.5.3 On-the-Job Situation 3: Performance of an Off-Road Vehicle Prototype 8<BR>Further Reading 12<BR><BR><B>Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 13</B><BR>2.1 Introduction 13<BR>2.2 Charge and Current 15<BR>2.3 Voltage 17<BR>2.4 Respective Direction of Voltage and Current 18<BR>2.5 Kirchhoff&#933;&#175;s Current Law 18<BR>2.6 Kirchhoff&#933;&#175;s Voltage Law 22<BR>2.7 Ohm&#933;&#175;s Law and Resistors 27<BR>2.7.1 Resistivity of a Resistor 29<BR>2.7.2 Nonlinear Resistors 32<BR>2.7.3 Time-Varying Resistors 32<BR>2.8 Power and Energy 32<BR>2.8.1 Resistor-Consumed Power 36<BR>2.9 Independent and Dependent Sources 38<BR>2.10 Analysis of Circuits Using PSpice 42<BR>Bias Point Analysis 45<BR>Time Domain (Transient) Analysis 46<BR>Copy the Simulation Plot to the Clipboard to Submit Electronically 47<BR>2.11 What Did You Learn? 53<BR>Problems 54<BR><BR><B>Chapter 3 Resistive Circuits 61</B><BR>3.1 Introduction 61<BR>3.2 Resistors in Parallel and Series and Equivalent Resistance 62<BR>3.3 Voltage and Current Division/Divider Rules 71<BR>3.3.1 Voltage Division 71<BR>3.3.2 Current Division 74<BR>3.4 Nodal and Mesh Analysis 81<BR>3.4.1 Nodal Analysis 81<BR>3.4.2 Mesh Analysis 88<BR>3.5 Special Conditions: Super Node 92<BR>3.6 Th&#168;&#166;venin/Norton Equivalent Circuits 99<BR>3.6.1 Source Transformation 108<BR>3.7 Superposition Principle 112<BR>3.8 Maximum Power Transfer 118<BR>3.9 Analysis of Circuits Using PSpice 122<BR>3.10 What Did You Learn? 125<BR>Problems 126<BR><BR><B>Chapter 4 Capacitance and Inductance 135</B><BR>4.1 Introduction 135<BR>4.2 Capacitors 136<BR>4.2.1 The Relationship Between Charge, Voltage, and Current 138<BR>4.2.2 Power 140<BR>4.2.3 Energy 140<BR>4.3 Capacitors in Series and Parallel 141<BR>4.3.1 Series Capacitors 141<BR>4.3.2 Parallel Capacitance 142<BR>4.4 Inductors 147<BR>4.4.1 The Relationship Between Voltage and Current 147<BR>4.4.2 Power and Stored Energy 148<BR>4.5 Inductors in Series and Parallel 149<BR>4.5.1 Inductors in Series 150<BR>4.5.2 Inductors in Parallel 150<BR>4.6 Applications of Capacitors and Inductors 152<BR>4.6.1 Fuel Sensors 152<BR>4.6.2 Vibration Sensors 153<BR>4.7 Analysis of Capacitive and Inductive Circuits Using PSpice 156<BR>4.8 What Did You Learn? 158<BR>Problems 159<BR><BR><B>Chapter 5 Transient Analysis 164</B><BR>5.1 Introduction 164<BR>5.2 First-Order Circuits 165<BR>5.2.1 RC Circuits 165<BR>5.2.2 RL Circuits 179<BR>5.3 DC Steady State 186<BR>5.4 DC Steady State for Capacitive&#168;CInductive Circuits 188<BR>5.5 Second-Order Circuits 189<BR>5.5.1 Series RLC Circuits with a DC Voltage Source 189<BR>5.5.2 Parallel RLC Circuits with a DC Voltage Source 196<BR>5.6 Transient Analysis with Sinusoid Forcing Functions 198<BR>5.7 Using PSpice to Investigate the Transient Behavior of RL and RC Circuits 201<BR>5.8 What Did You Learn? 207<BR>Problems 208<BR><BR><B>Chapter 6 Steady-State AC Analysis 215</B><BR>6.1 Introduction: Sinusoidal Voltages and Currents 215<BR>6.1.1 Root-Mean-Square (rms) Values (Effective Values) 220<BR>6.1.2 Instantaneous and Average Power 221<BR>6.2 Phasors 222<BR>6.2.1 Phasors in Additive or (Subtractive) Sinusoids 224<BR>6.3 Complex Impedances 225<BR>6.3.1 The Impedance of a Resistor 225<BR>6.3.2 The Impedance of an Inductor 225<BR>6.3.3 The Impedance of a Capacitor 226<BR>6.3.4 Series Connection of Impedances 228<BR>6.3.5 Parallel Connection of Impedances 229<BR>6.4 Steady-State Circuit Analysis Using Phasors 231<BR>6.5 Th&#168;&#166;venin and Norton Equivalent Circuits with Phasors 239<BR>6.5.1 Th&#168;&#166;venin Equiv

<P>For non-electrical engineering majors taking the introduction to electrical engineering course.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><B><I>Electrical Engineering: Concepts and Applications</I></B> is the result of a multi-disciplinary effort at Michigan Technological University to create a new curriculum that is attractive, motivational, and relevant to students by creating many application-based problems; and provide the optimal level of both range and depth of coverage of EE topics in a curriculum package.</P><BR><BR>

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