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For undergraduate introductory or survey courses in electrical engineering.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 5/e helps students learn electrical-engineering fundamentals with minimal frustration. Its goals are to present basic concepts in a general setting, to show students how the principles of electrical engineering apply to specific problems in their own fields, and to enhance the overall learning process. Circuit analysis, digital systems, electronics, and electromechanics are covered. A wide variety of pedagogical features stimulate student interest and engender awareness of the material’s relevance to their chosen profession.
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Tomorrow's Engineers
Earth-based solar thermal concentrators and photovoltaic solar cells Hydroelectric energy Biomass energy Geothermal energy Gulf stream, wave, and tidal energy Clean coal, in which the C02 is captured and stored ot recycled in a biomass energy plant Systems of nuclear fission reactors combined with hybrid fission/fusion reactors that burn the waste products of the fission reactors Nuclear fusion Hydrogen from water using sunlight aided by a catalyst
Finding and developing practical ways to provide the energy needed for modern technical societies on a sustainable basis without disrupting the environment is the most important problem confronting the coming generation of engineers and scientists. Among the proposed energy sources, two of which (solar and wind) are used by the dandelion to grow and disperse its seeds are:
Wind energyEnhanced power grids may need to be built to distribute energy from some of these proposed solutions. Conservation must also play a part, possibly including:
- More efficient power grids
- Hybrid or electric vehicles
- Better mass transportation for people
- Hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles
- Efficient lighting
- More/better rail systems in place of trucks and highways
- Better building design
- Better intelligence in energy consumption
Regardless of which solutions ultimately emerge, it is certain that all of the topics discussed in this book will play important roles. For example, see the Practical Application concerning energy-storage systems for electric vehicles starting on page 100.
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Format:Hardcover
I bought this book to complement a module on my undergraduate course in Electrical Engineering at the University of Birmingham. When it arrived, I discovered that it is applicable to all the modules I am undertaking with the exception of maths and programming. I would highly recommend it!!
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Format:Paperback
It's Core Reading for Engineering at Swansea Uni.
If you're looking to do Electrical Engineering or if you're doing something that involves it, this one is a must.
Good diagrams, clear explanations and the FREE copy of LabView makes it a clear winner!
Electrical Engineers, buy it now!
If you're looking to do Electrical Engineering or if you're doing something that involves it, this one is a must.
Good diagrams, clear explanations and the FREE copy of LabView makes it a clear winner!
Electrical Engineers, buy it now!
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Review of Hambley's Electrical Engineering
15 Sep 2003
Format:Hardcover
I am an engineering student at Georgia Tech and have used various texts covering topics from orginismal biology to quantum physics. Hambley's Electrical Engineering book is lacking in some of the most fundamental elements that are required for a successful text in any engineering field. There are very few solutions to problems and the solution that are provided are incomplete, providing mostly the final answer as opposed to a complete logic pattern to achieve the answer. The in chapter exercises demonstrate only the most meager applications of the sometimes tedious analysis steps or theorems. Finally, the clarity of author's intent is often hazed by generality or over specificity. I cannot see how an electrical engineering major can use this text for anything other than a stabilizer for a wobbling table. Save yourself the money and purchase a Schaum's outline and a problem work book complete with solutions.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great coverage, but misses some essentials...
21 Jun 2005
Format:Hardcover
I'm a first year student in electrical engineering and I've been using this book since August as main source. I must admit the overall coverage is great for less than 1000 pages. It is easy to find a concept and to navigate between the well divided chapters.
Unfortunatly, practical problems are left aside in this book. End-of-chapter problems are to basic for real-life engineering and are only useful to understand basic theory and to practice essential engineering maths. As many other books, complete solutions of problems are very hard to obtain via the Web.
I would recommend using it as a reference to get a second way to explain essential ideas concerning circuits. The first and second chapter are great because they cover basic circuit analysis in a nice way and a lot of examples are used along the book. But when you dive in semiconductors and op-amp, it is getting too heavy. Overall, nice diagrams and example for theory most of the time well explained, but forget about complex and useful circuits.
Unfortunatly, practical problems are left aside in this book. End-of-chapter problems are to basic for real-life engineering and are only useful to understand basic theory and to practice essential engineering maths. As many other books, complete solutions of problems are very hard to obtain via the Web.
I would recommend using it as a reference to get a second way to explain essential ideas concerning circuits. The first and second chapter are great because they cover basic circuit analysis in a nice way and a lot of examples are used along the book. But when you dive in semiconductors and op-amp, it is getting too heavy. Overall, nice diagrams and example for theory most of the time well explained, but forget about complex and useful circuits.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
It has potential
18 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
this book has a lot of potential. As a college student, I must say that this book really stinks. The in-text examples do not represent what is needed to do the homework. Also, there is no way to check answers to the homework problems as there are no solutions in the back and a solutions manual is not available. The lack of solutions makes this book very difficult to use.
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