3.1 - AC Fundamentals3.1.1 - Introduction3.1.2 - Generation of Alternating Voltage in an Elementary Generator3.1.3 - Concept of Frequency, Cycle, Time Period, Instantaneous Value, Average Value, and Maximum Value3.1.4 - Sinusoidal and Non-sinusoidal Wave Forms3.1.5 - Concept of Average Value and Root Mean Square (RMS) Value of an Alternating Quantity3.1.6 - Analytical Method of Calculation of RMS Value, Average Value, and Form Factor3.1.7 - RMS and Average Values of Half-wave-rectified Alternating Quantity3.1.8 - Concept of Phase and Phase Difference3.2 - Single-phase AC Circuits3.2.1 - Behaviour of R, L, and C in AC Circuits3.2.2 - L–R Series Circuit3.2.3 - Apparent Power, Real Power, and Reactive Power3.2.4 - Power in an AC Circuit3.2.5 - R–C Series Circuit3.2.6 - R–L–C Series Circuit3.2.7 - AC Parallel Circuits3.2.8 - AC Series—Parallel Circuits3.3 - Resonance in AC Circuits3.3.1 - Resonance in AC Series Circuit3.3.2 - Resonance in AC Parallel Circuits3.4 - Review Questions