Circuit Analysis

EEEN10121 Circuit Analysis 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 1 Ognjen Marjanovic Unit coordinator Qi Li Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 This unit will cover the following:<ul><li>Electrical quantities and circuit variables: charge, current, voltage, resistance, power, energy and associated units.</li><li>Basics of circuit modelling: ideal voltage and current sources, basic circuit elements, resistors, Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s Current and Voltage Laws.</li><li>Circuit reduction techniques: combining resistors in series and parallel, application of voltage divider and current divider rules, source transformation.</li><li>Circuit analysis techniques: mesh current method and node voltage method.</li><li>Circuit theorems: Superposition, Thevenin/Norton, Maximum Power Transfer.</li><li>Energy storage circuit elements: characteristics of inductance and capacitance. Transients: natural and forced responses of RL, RC and RLC circuits.</li><li>AC circuits: sinusoidal waveforms, phase, RMS values.</li><li>AC circuits: phasors and phasor diagrams, reactance and impedance, susceptance and admittance, Kirchoff’s laws.</li><li>AC circuits: complex power, real and reactive power, power factor.</li></ul> This unit will cover the following:<ul><li>Electrical quantities and circuit variables: charge, current, voltage, resistance, power, energy and associated units.</li><li>Basics of circuit modelling: ideal voltage and current sources, basic circuit elements, resistors, Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s Current and Voltage Laws.</li><li>Circuit reduction techniques: combining resistors in series and parallel, application of voltage divider and current divider rules, source transformation.</li><li>Circuit analysis techniques: mesh current method and node voltage method.</li><li>Circuit theorems: Superposition, Thevenin/Norton, Maximum Power Transfer.</li><li>Energy storage circuit elements: characteristics of inductance and capacitance. Transients: natural and forced responses of RL, RC and RLC circuits.</li><li>AC circuits: sinusoidal waveforms, phase, RMS values.</li><li>AC circuits: phasors and phasor diagrams, reactance and impedance, susceptance and admittance, Kirchoff’s laws.</li><li>AC circuits: complex power, real and reactive power, power factor.</li></ul> The course unit aims to:<ul><li>Introduce the fundamental theorems and analysis techniques for problem-solving in electrical circuit theory.</li><li>Provide students with the knowledge and intellectual skills necessary to model and analyse electrical and electronic systems using circuit theory.</li></ul>  On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to: ILO 1 - Apply Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s Current Law and Kirchoff’s Voltage Law to electrical circuits. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 2 - Simplify and analyse complex circuits using transformation and combination techniques. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 3 - Apply Mesh Current and Node Voltage methods to analyse DC and AC circuits. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 4 - Apply Superposition and Thevenin/Norton theorems to analyse DC and AC circuits. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 5 - Explain and analyse simple transient behaviour in RLC circuits. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 6 - Employ concepts of phasor and impedance to solve AC circuits and draw corresponding phasor diagrams. [Developed] [Assessed] ILO 7 - Calculate complex power and associated power factor in AC circuits. [Developed] [Assessed]  <div> This unit is taught in the standard style with 2-hour lectures taking place every week and with two 3-hour practical lab sessions taking place during the semester.There are 8 non-assessed online quizzes (Blackboard-based) that students are encouraged to complete as part of their revision.There is a video lecture on the transient analysis (available on YouTube) that supports the taught material.</div>  0 Other 30% 1 Written exam 70% DC CircuitsHow and when is feedback provided: Online submission in Blackboard, individual performance feedback is provided once all students submit their answers.Weighting: 6% “Home Network” Coursework AssignmentLength: Up to 8 hours self-studyHow and when is feedback provided: Online submission in Blackboard, individual performance feedback is provided once all students submit their answers.Weighting: 8% AC CircuitsHow and when is feedback provided: Online submission in Blackboard, individual performance feedback is provided once all students submit their answers.Weighting: 6%Tutorial questionsLength: Weekly activity delivered as part of Personal TutorialsHow and when is feedback provided: Weekly submission to Personal Tutor, feedback provided 1 week later by Personal Tutor.Weighting: 10%  . N “Electric Circuits”, James W. Nilsson and Susan Riedel.“Introduction to Electric Circuits”, Richard C. Dorf, James A. Svoboda    Lectures 24 Practical classes & workshops 6 Tutorials 6 0 64