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Title:
Alternating current fundamentals
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Edition:
8th ed.
Publication Information:
Clifton Park, NY : Delmar Cengage Learning, c2011
Physical Description:
x, 735 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781111125271
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Alternating current fundamentals / John R. Duff, Stephen L. Herman

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ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, 8E, an industrial standard for over thirty years, is the ideal book to provide readers with the most current information available on the essentials of alternating current. The topics in this book are arranged to build readers' knowledge, progressing from basic principles such as the differences between peak, rms, and average values to more complex coverage of circuits containing resistance, inductance, and capacitance. This edition of ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, 8E is fully updated, includes additional information on diodes and rectifiers, and contains improved graphics that will assist readers in understanding state-of-the-art concepts.


Table of Contents

1 An Introduction to Alternating Current
2 Alternating Current Circuits Containing Resistance
3 Inductance in Alternating Current Circuits
4 Series Circuits - Resistance and Impedance
5 Capacitors and RC Time Constants
6 Capacitors in Alternating Current Circuits
7 Series Circuits: Resistance, Inductive Reactance and Capacitive Reactance
8 AC Parallel Circuits
9 Series-Parallel Circuits
10 Three-Phase Systems
11 AC Instruments and Meters
12 Alternating Current Generators
13 Transformers
14 Transformer Connections for Three-Phase Circuits
15 Special Transformer Applications
16 Three-Phase Induction Motors
17 Three-Phase Synchronous Motors
18 Single-Phase Motors
19 Control Circuits