Introduction to Electric Circuits

Index

ABCD parameters 213
ofa ~-network 220
of a T-network 222
a.c. circuits
purely capacitive 75
purely inductive 73
purely resistive 72
parallel circuits 91
series circuits 77
series-parallel circuits 95
single phase 72
three phase circuits 107
admittance 92
parameters 208
triangle 92
alternating quantity 66
average value 71
instantaneous value 67
maximum value 67
peak value 67
root mean square (rms) value
sinusoidal a.c. 67
ampere 1
analogue 238
Argand diagram 83
attenuation coefficient 229

balanced 3-phase system 1.09
bandwidth 1.30, 135
branch 41
bridged-T circuit 58

capacitance 24
of parallel plates 25
of concentric cylinders 25
of parallel cylinders 26
capacitors 25

70

charging of 181

discharging of 184

energy stored in 35

in parallel 27

in series 26

characteristic impedance 225

charge 10

eirCuit element 11

active 11

passive 11

coefficient of coupling 31

complex notation 82

application to a.c. circuit analysis

89

complex quantity

addition and subtraction of 86

multiplication and division of 88

conductance 15

conductivity 15

coulomb 10

coupled circuits 30

Cramer's Rule 146

current 12

division 20

source 12

cycle 66

damping

critically damped 201

overdamped 201

underdamped 201

dB notation 131

decibel 131

delta connection 56, 114

delta star transformation 56

determinant 143

dielectric 25