AC Electrical Circuit Analysis: A Practical Approach

Reviewed by Chengyu Xiong, Assistant Professor, Bristol Community College on 6/28/21

Comprehensiveness rating: 5 see less

This book is one of a series of free open educational resources-five texts and seven laboratory manuals which I currently use as reference textbooks in my DC and AC circuit classes. This book is an excellent resource and very well written. It assumes familiarity with DC circuit analysis and provides clear and concise concepts, circuit analysis methods, and theorems of AC circuits. All of the major learning outcomes of introductory electrical engineering courses on AC electronics are covered, including: sinusoidal waveforms, basic Fourier decomposition of complex waveforms, complex numbers; reactance and impedance along with phasor diagrams; series, parallel, and series-parallel RLC circuits; network theorems (Source Conversion, Superposition, Thévenin's and Norton's, Maximum power transform, Delta-Y conversion ) along with nodal and mesh analysis; AC power(Power triangle); resonance, and introductions to polyphase systems and magnetic circuits. Advanced AC circuit analysis techniques such as Laplace transform and Fourier transform are not covered in this book.

Content Accuracy rating: 5

The book content seems accurate, error-free, and unbiased for me.

Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

The content is basic and fundamental and will not quickly make the text obsolete. The author frequently updates his series of free OER textbooks and lab manuals. The newest version of this book is published one month before this review.

Clarity rating: 5

This book is very clear and well written. Words, mathematical expressions, and figures are used to describe important concepts and relationships, easy to understand.

Consistency rating: 5

The text is consistent in terms of terminology and framework.

Modularity rating: 4

The text is written in a logical and easily modularized fashion. Typical AC analysis book.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

The organization and flow of the content are logical and clear. Each chapter is in a similar format, "begins with a set of learning objectives and concludes with practice exercises that are generally divided into four major types: analysis, design, challenge and simulation. "

Interface rating: 5

The text is free of significant interface issues,

Grammatical Errors rating: 5

The book is well-written and appears to contain no major grammatical errors.

Cultural Relevance rating: 5

There is no cultural issue.

Comments

Excellent free textbook with companion OER text, DC Electrical Circuit Analysis and Laboratory Manual for AC Electrical Circuit Analysis. I currently use them as reference textbooks in my DC and AC circuit classes.