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Electric Circuits, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (January 9, 2018) © 2019

  • James W. Nilsson
  • Susan Reidel

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For courses in introductory circuit analysis or circuit theory.

Challenge students to develop the insights of a practicing engineer

The fundamental goals of the best-selling Electric Circuits remain unchanged. The text continues to motivate students to build new ideas based on concepts previously presented, to develop problem-solving skills that rely on a solid conceptual foundation, and to introduce realistic engineering experiences that challenge students to develop the insights of a practicing engineer.

The 11th Edition represents the most extensive revision since the 5th Edition, with every sentence, paragraph, subsection and chapter examined and oftentimes rewritten to improve clarity, readability and pedagogy, without sacrificing breadth and depth.

Hallmark features of this title

Emphasize the relationship between conceptual understanding and problem-solving approaches

  • Practical Perspectives introduce chapters and provide real-world circuit examples. Every chapter begins by describing a practical application of the chapter content. At the end of each chapter, the Practical Perspective is revisited by performing a quantitative circuit analysis using the newly introduced material.
  • Integration of Computer Tools assists students in the learning process by providing a visual representation of a circuit's behavior, validating a calculated solution, reducing the computational burden of more complex circuits, and iterating toward a desired solution using parameter variation. Chapter problems suited for exploration with PSpice and Multisim are marked accordingly.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: Analysis Methods originate from author Susan Riedel's own classroom experience. These “recipes” help students get started on a problem, with step-by-step directions that guide them to a problem's solution.
  • UPDATED: Chapter Problems reinforce problem solving as fundamental to the study of circuit analysis. Nearly 30% of the problems in the 11th edition are new or were rewritten.
  • UPDATED: Student Workbook provides additional examples and practice problems to benefit students and cover the following material: balancing power, simple resistive circuits, node voltage method, mesh current method and more.
  • UPDATED: Examples in every chapter illustrate the concepts presented in the text in the form of a numeric example. There are nearly 200 examples in this text, an increase of about 35% when compared to the previous edition. The examples illustrate the application of a particular concept and often employ an Analysis Method and exemplify good problem-solving skills.
  • UPDATED: Assessment Problems prompt students at key points in the chapter, asking them to stop and assess their mastery of a particular objective by solving one or more assessment problems.

Features of Mastering for the 11th Edition

  • NEW: Enhanced End-of-Chapter exercises feature wrong-answer feedback and hints that guide students, allowing them to learn from their mistakes and master difficult course concepts.
  • Video Solutions offer step-by-step solution walkthroughs of representative homework problems from each section of the text.
  1. Circuit Variables
  2. Circuit Elements
  3. Simple Resistive Circuits
  4. Techniques of Circuit Analysis
  5. The Operational Amplifier
  6. Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance
  7. Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits
  8. Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits
  9. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis
  10. Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations
  11. Balanced Three-Phase Circuits
  12. Introduction to the Laplace Transform
  13. The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis
  14. Introduction to Frequency Selective Circuits
  15. Active Filter Circuits
  16. Fourier Series
  17. The Fourier Transform
  18. Two-Port Circuits

APPENDICES

  1. The Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equations
  2. Complex Numbers
  3. More on Magnetically Coupled Coils and Ideal Transformers
  4. The Decibel
  5. Bode Diagrams
  6. An Abbreviated Table of Trigonometric Identities
  7. An Abbreviated Table of Integrals
  8. Common Standard Component Values

About our authors

Professor James W. Nilsson taught at Iowa State University for 39 years. Since retiring from Iowa State, he has been a visiting professor at Notre Dame, California Polytechnic at San Luis Obispo, and the United States Air Force Academy. In 1962, he coauthored (with R.G. Brown) Introduction to Linear Systems Analysis (John Wiley & Sons). In 1968, he authored Introduction to Circuits, Instruments, and Electronics (Harcourt Brae and World). Professor Nilsson received a Standard Oil Outstanding Teacher Award in 1968, the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1992, and the McGraw-Hill Jacob Millman Award in 1995. In 1990, he was elected to the rank of Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Professor Susan A. Riedel has been a member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University since 1981. She also holds a clinical research appointment in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and was a visiting professor in the Bioengineering Unit at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, as a Fulbright Scholar during the 1989-90 academic year. She has received two awards for teaching excellence at Marquette and was recognized for her research contributions with an award from the Chicago Unit of the Shriner's Hospitals.

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