Electric Circuits and Networks 1st Edition by K. S. Suresh Kumar (PDF)

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Electric Circuits and Networks is designed for a two-semester undergraduate course on basic electric circuits and networks. The book builds on the subject from its basic principles. Spread over seventeen chapters, the book can be taught with varyin

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⭐Great Book!, it covers a great amount of material. I bought this book because its the only (somehow friendly) book that I’ve found which has a chapter on graph theory analysis or topological analysis. I also own Linear Graphs and Electrical Networks by Seshu&Reed which is considered the standard when it comes to network topology using graph theory, however such book is in my opinion more theoretical, Ive read half of it and its just theorem after theorem and proof after proof and no actual circut solving techniques, and almost no examples. On the other hand this book by Suresh Kumar has several examples with good explanations and brief proofs.Just as a reference, none of the other books I own or have read cover network topology the way this book does, which are the following: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits” by Alexander/Sadiku, “Electric Circuits” by Dorf/Svoboda, “Electric Circuits” by Nilsson/Riedel, “Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis” by Irwin, “Introductory Circuit Analysis” by Boylestad, “Principles of Electric Circuits” by Floyd, “Engineering Circuit Analysis” by Hayt, and lastly “Network Analysis” by Van Valkenburg. The last 2 books have a small chapter about network topology and simple graph theory but the treatment is very superficial, no matrices are presented (such as the incidence, cut-set,etc) just basic tree/co-tree methods.Beyond that, I must say that this book covers in my opinion more than most undergraduate electric circuit theory books, for example the section on passive filters will cover stuff like Lattice Networks, constant-k and m-derived filters, and such, subjects which may be more a part of a filter design book or a more advanced book. Eventhough the back cover states that the book is taylored for undergraduate students, it does cover topics that may well be studied at the graduate level.The problems vary in difficulty although most are on the “heavier” side (but quite solvable), in my opinion the book needs more practical problems and less “prove X theorem” kinda problems. Beyond that I would say that this is a great book.The writting style of the author is quite good, he is not oversimplistic but tries to make things as clear as possible. There are some typos that I’ve spotted both in the theory and examples, but most are pretty evident, some equations are missing. The book is made on a budget, the paper is really thin (If you’ve ever bought an international edition book this book is pretty much like that but with a little bit more quality), the print quality is very decent thou.Im not sure if I would recommend this book as a first course on electric circuits, given the amount and depth of the material I would say that there are better introductory books to learn from such as “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits” by Alexander/Sadiku which overall I consider it to be the best all-around electric circuits book out there, with good level and amount of material. This book by Suresh Kumar is more on the medium level, with several beginner topics, I believe this book would serve perfectly as a second course on electric circuits.Bottom line: Great book, good coverage, clear writting style, cheap paper.

⭐It is one of the few books where author keeps the rigor of foundational Electromagnetism and also the general, typical flavor of Electric circuits.The introduction starts with the electrodynamics part which is a sweet call back of the basic concepts of electrodynamics subject and how everything in electric circuits subject is just approximation or to say dumbed down version of classical electromagnetism. It touches upon some of the topics such as transformation of real physical elements into circuit elements/sources beautifully and the inclusion of surface charges which is usually unheard and never touched in standard books and thus caused to fall for this book just after going through its first chapter only.Next is basic circuit concepts which are covered really good and maintained the rigor throughout the book.Examples are really flexible.Sinusoidal steady state concept is investigated thoroughly(1-phase and 3-phase both) which are much needed for Power system subjects.A comprehensive study of Transient concept in circuits, topology etc. presented.Fourier Analysis and Laplace transforms are also charming features of this book in the way it is presented.The presentation of concepts is really pedantic and is established in every way possible. A beautiful example would be RL circuits where author solves it using different methods possible such as constructing curves without actually solving differential equations, using discrete/step approach and limiting the equation and has indepth coverage on what initial conditions really means.tl;dr For those who want a feel and experience of appreciation about the mathematical construct and its application or to say electric circuits or even to those who want to lunge GATE exam can lick this holy sweet candy!!

⭐Yah, the product delivered is not good. This book is damaged by water. But not too much. The rest of the things are good. But it is old and damaged. I could have returned the product, but I need this book I can’t wait anymore.Thank you

⭐Not very helpful, confusing language.

⭐Book is old and at worst condition

⭐Must have for an undergraduate Network course.Written with lot of focus on fundamentals and slowly building up the concepts.Thumbs up

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