Bird's Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology

Now in its seventh edition, Bird’s Electrical Circuit Theoryand Technology explains electrical circuit theory and associated technology topics in a straightforward manner, supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. The extensive and thorough coverage, containing over 800 worked examples, makes this an excellent text for a range of courses, in particular for Degree and Foundation Degree in electrical principles, circuit theory, telecommunications, and electrical technology. The text includes some essential mathematics revision, together with all the essential electrical and electronic principles for BTEC National and Diploma syllabuses and City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses in engineering. This material will be a great revision for those on higher courses. This edition includes several new sections, including glass batteries, climate change, the future of electricity production, and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity, such as watts and lumens, electrical safety, AC vs DC, and trending technologies. Its companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 1400 further questions, multiple choice questions, lists of essential formulae and bios of famous engineers;as well as full solutions to revision tests, lab experiments, and illustrations for adopting course instructors.

Section 1 Revision of some basic mathematics1. Some mathematics revision2. Further mathematics revisionSection 2 Basic electrical and electronic engineering principles3. Units associated with basic electrical quantities4. An introduction to electric circuits5. Resistance variation6. Batteries and alternative sources of energy7. Series and parallel networks8. Capacitors and capacitance9. Magnetic circuits10. Electromagnetism11. Electromagnetic induction12. Electrical measuring instruments and measurements13. Semiconductor diodes14. TransistorsSection 3 Electrical Principles and Technology15. d.c. circuit theory16. Alternating voltages and currents17. Single-phase series a.c. circuits18. Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits19. d.c. transients20. Operational amplifiers21. Global climate change and the future of electricity generation22. Three-phase systems23. Transformers24. d.c. machines25. Three-phase induction motorsSection 4 Advanced circuit theory and technology26. Revision of complex numbers27. Application of complex numbers to series a.c. circuits28. Application of complex numbers to parallel a.c. circuits29. Power in a.c. circuits30. a.c. bridges31. Series resonance and Q-factor32. Parallel resonance and Q-factor33. Introduction to network analysis34. Mesh-current and nodal analysis35. The superposition theorem36. Thévenin’s and Norton’s theorems37. Delta-star and star-delta transformations38. Maximum power transfer theorems and impedance matching39. Complex waveforms40. A numerical method of harmonic analysis41. Magnetic materials42. Dielectrics and dielectric loss43. Field theory44. Attenuators45. Filter networks46. Magnetically coupled circuits47. Transmission lines48. Transients and Laplace transformsSection 5 General reference

John Bird, BSc (Hons), CEng, CMath, CSci, FIMA, FIET, FCollT, is the former Head of Applied Electronics in the Faculty of Technology at Highbury College, Portsmouth, UK. More recently, he has combined freelance lecturing at the University of Portsmouth, with Examiner responsibilities for Advanced Mathematics with City and Guilds and examining for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. He has over 45 years’ experience of successfully teaching, lecturing, instructing, training, educating, and planning of trainee engineers study programmes. He is the author of 146 textbooks on engineering, science, and mathematical subjects, with worldwide sales of over one million copies. He is a chartered engineer, a chartered mathematician, a chartered scientist and a Fellow of three professional institutions. He has recently retired from lecturing at the Royal Navy’s Defence College of Marine Engineering in the Defence College of Technical Training at H.M.S. Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, UK, one of the largest engineering training establishments in Europe.