Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology. Edition No. 4

Elsevier Science and Technology, June 2010, Pages: 440

This book is written for the 6,000 BTEC National Engineering students who follow the electrical pathway each year. The course has a brand new syllabus for 2010 and Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology has been fully updated to reflect these changes.

In this 4th edition, John Bird introduces electrical principles and technology through examples rather than theory covering - enabling level three students to develop a sound understanding of the principles needed for careers in electrical engineering, electronics and telecommunications.

The book includes numerous worked problems, multiple-choice and short-answer questions, exercises and revision tests and is supported with free online instructor's and solutions manuals.

- Matched to the latest 2010 BTEC Engineering syllabus

- Student-friendly approach with numerous worked problems, multiple-choice and short-answer questions, exercises and revision tests

- In colour and supported with free online instructor's and solutions manuals

Preface
Section 1 Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principles
Units associated with basic electrical quantities
An introduction to electric circuits
Resistance variation
Batteries and alternative sources of energy
Series and parallel networks
Capacitors and capacitance
Magnetic circuits. Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic induction
Electrical measuring instruments and measurements
Semiconductor diodes
Transistors
Main formulae for Section 1
Section 2 Further Electrical and Electronic Principles
D.c. circuit theory
Alternating voltages and currents
Single-phase series a.c. circuits
Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits
Filter networks
D.c. transients
Operational amplifiers
Main formulae for Section 2
Section 3 Electrical Power Technology
Three phase systems
Transformers
D.c. machines
Three-phase induction motors
Formulae for Section 3
Section 4 Laboratory Experiments
Experiments on Ohm's law
Series-parallel d.c. circuits
Superposition theorem
Thevenin's theorem
Use of CRO to measure voltage
frequency and phase
Use of CRO with a bridge rectifier circuit
Measurement of the inductance of a coil
Series a.c. circuit and resonance
Parallel a.c. circuit and resonance
Charging and discharging a capacitor
Answers to multiple choice questions
Index

Bird, John.
<b>John Bird</b>, the author of over 100 textbooks on engineering and mathematical subjects, is the former Head of Applied Electronics in the Faculty of Technology at Highbury College, Portsmouth, U.K. More recently, he has combined freelance lecturing at Portsmouth University, with technical writing and Chief Examiner responsibilities for City and Guilds Telecommunication Principles and Mathematics, and examining for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. <b>John Bird</b> is currently a Senior Training Provider at the Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering in the Defence College of Marine and Air Engineering at H.M.S. Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, U.K. The school, which serves the Royal Navy, is one of Europe's largest engineering training establishments.

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