 |  | Introduction to Electrical Engineering - Basic vocational knowledge (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 213 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
 |  | Preface |
 |  | 1. Importance of Electrical Engineering |
 |  | 2. Fundamental Quantities of Electrical Engineering |
 |  | 2.1. Current |
 |  | 2.2. Voltage |
 |  | 2.3. Resistance and Conductance |
 |  | 3. Electric Circuits |
 |  | 3.1. Basic Circuit |
 |  | 3.2. Ohms Law |
 |  | 3.3. Branched and Unbranched Circuits |
 |  | 3.3.1. Branched Circuits |
 |  | 3.3.2. Unbranched Circuits |
 |  | 3.3.3. Meshed Circuits |
 |  | 4. Electrical Energy |
 |  | 4.1. Energy and Power |
 |  | 4.2. Efficiency |
 |  | 4.3. Conversion of Electrical Energy into Heat |
 |  | 4.4. Conversion of Electrical Energy into Mechanical Energy |
 |  | 4.5. Conversion of Electrical Energy into Light |
 |  | 4.5.1. Fundamentals of Illumination Engineering |
 |  | 4.5.2. Light Sources |
 |  | 4.5.3. Illuminating Engineering |
 |  | 4.6. Conversion of Electrical Energy into Chemical Energy and Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy |
 |  | 5. Magnetic Field |
 |  | 5.1. Magnetic Phenomena |
 |  | 5.2. Force Actions in a Magnetic Field |
 |  | 5.3. Electromagnetic Induction |
 |  | 5.3.1. The General Law of Induction |
 |  | 5.3.2. Utilisation of the Phenomena of Induction |
 |  | 5.3.3. Inductance |
 |  | 6. Electrical Field |
 |  | 6.1. Electrical Phenomena in Non-conductors |
 |  | 6.2. Capacity |
 |  | 6.2.1. Capacity and Capacitor |
 |  | 6.2.2. Behaviour of a Capacitor in a Direct Current Circuit |
 |  | 6.2.3. Types of Capacitors |
 |  | 7. Alternating Current |
 |  | 7.1. Importance and Advantages of Alternating Current |
 |  | 7.2. Characteristics of Alternating Current |
 |  | 7.3. Resistances in an Alternating Current Circuit |
 |  | 7.4. Power of Alternating Current |
 |  | 8. Three-phase Current |
 |  | 8.1. Generation of Three-phase Current |
 |  | 8.2. The Rotating Field |
 |  | 8.3. Interlinking of the Three-phase Current |
 |  | 8.4. Power of Three-phase Current |
 |  | 9. Protective Measures in Electrical Installations |
 |  | 9.1. Danger to Man by Electric Shock |
 |  | 9.2. Measures for the Protection of Man from Electric Shock |
 |  | 9.2.1. Protective Insulation |
 |  | 9.2.2. Extra-low Protective Voltage |
 |  | 9.2.3. Protective Isolation |
 |  | 9.2.4. Protective Wire System |
 |  | 9.2.5. Protective Earthing |
 |  | 9.2.6. Connection to the Neutral |
 |  | 9.2.7. Fault-current Protection |
 |  | 9.3. Checking the Protective Measures |