Circuit Theory (350004)

Overview

Lectures - Fall 2018, Friday, 10:00-12:00 (NA3)

Lab or exercises - Fall 2018, Thursday, 12:00-14:00 (SL11 or SA5B)

Instructors:

Theory: Philip Siegmann
Lab: Roberto López-Sastre

ECTS Credits: 6

Prerequisites: basic linear algebra and calculus, complex numbers.

Presentation

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Textbooks

For most part, the lecture will follow the book by López Ferreras [1]:

[1] F. López Ferreras et al., Análisis de Circuitos Lineales. Ed. Ra-Ma
[2] C. K. Alexander et al., Fundaments of Electric Circuits. Ed. McGraw-Hill
[3] J. W. Nilsson et al., Electric Circuits. Ed. Prentice Hall.
[4] W. H. Hayt, et al., Engineering Circuits Analysis. Ed. MacGraw-Hill.

Syllabus

Module 1: Basic Concepts and Basic Laws of Electric Circuits. DC Circuits.
Unit 2: AC Circuits – Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis.
Unit 3: Voltage and Current Sources. Methods of analysis. Thevenin and Norton equivalents.
Unit 4: Transformers. Circuit Theorems: Superposition and Multiplication by a constant.

Exams Date

The exams in January and Jun: Date.

E-learning Platforms

For on-line discussions, visit the Blackboard platform of the UAH. You can obtain an account here.

Submitting your assignments

All the assignments must be solved using the following PDF template. The assignments must be delivered to the teacher at the beginning of the problem solving sessions. No submission by email is possible. Please, note that each assignment has been assigned a code (for example M1.1). You will have to include this code in the template. The deadline for each assignment will be published within the Tentative Schedule section. All the deadlines are firm, so NO extensions will be given.

Tentative Schedule

Date	Topic	Slides	Assignments and more materials
September 13	Presentation and Theory M1. Current, Voltage, GND, Ohm's law, Power.	M1	Approach: Movement of electrical positive charges in a linear circuit. Interesting link
September 14	Theory M1: Generators, Energy and Power. Kirchhoff's laws.	M1	Interesting link
September 20	Theory M1: Capacitor, inductor, their transient behaviour.	M1
September 21	Theory M1: DC (direct current) circuit analysis. Association of Resistances. DC circuits with coils and capacitors.	M1
September 27	Exercises M1	M1	Exercises Module 1. Deliver Problem Asignment 1: Exercise 1.2
September 28	Theory M2: AC (alternating current) circuits. Sinusoidal fuctions. Properties of sinusoidal fucntions.	M2	When the movement of the charges is oscillating, we use phasors (complex numbers) to stady the circuits behaviour.
October 4	Exercises M1	M1	Exercises Module 1. Deliver Asignment 2: Exercise 1.8
October 5	Theory M2: Circuit excited with sinusoidal functions: Sinusoidal Steady State circuits (S.S.S.). Phasors (used for operating the SSS circuits).	M2	Recomended readings: Complex numbers
October 11	Exercises M2	M2	Exercises Module 2. Deliver Asignment 3: Exercise 2.3
October 12	No class
October 18	LAB PRACTICE 1, Direct Current	LabGuide1 from the Blackboard	Virtual Lab results should be compared with the real lab results
October 19	Theory M2: SSS circuit analysis using phasors. Impedances.	M2
October 25	Theory M2: Relation between voltage phasors and current phasors in RLC circuits. Magnetically copuled coils in SSS circuits.	M2
October 26	Theory and exercises M2: Power in SSS circuits.	M2	Exercises Module 2. Deliver Asignment 4: Exercise 2.14
November 1	No class
November 2	Theory M2. Exercises.	M2	Deliver last year Midterm as Asignment 5. Midterm exercise
November 8	LAB PRACTICE 2. Alternating Current.	LabGuide2 from the Blackboard	Virtual Lab results should be compared with the real lab results
November 9	Theory M3. Independend and depended sources. Real Sources. Association of sources.	M3	More variety of sources.
November 14	Midterm M1 and M2		Hour: 8:00. Classroom: E5.
November 15	Theory M3. Mesh analysis method	M3	Sistematic resolution methods wit currents as unknown. Exercises Module 3
November 16	Theory M3. Nodal analysis method.	M3	Sistematic resolution methods wit voltages as unknown. Exercises Module 3
November 22	LAB PRACTICE 3. Phase difference and impedances	LabGuide3 from the Blackboard	Virtual Lab results should be compared with the real lab results
November 23	Exercises M3. Mesh and nodal analysis	M3	Exercises Module 3. Deliver Asignment 6: Exercise 3.4
November 29	Theory and exercises M3. Equivalent Thevenin and Norton.	M3	Siplification of a circuit into a real source.
November 30	Theory M4. Superposition and Multiplication by a constant.	M4	How to solve circuits with sources of different frequencies. See Lienar Systems. Exercises Module 3. Deliver Asignment 7: Exercise 3.12
December 4	Theory M4. Transformers.	M4	at 8:00 AM until 10:00 in Classroom E-A8
December 6	No class
December 7	This class has been moved to December 4.
December 13	LAB EXAM.		Example of Lab exam
December 14	Exercises M4. Superposition.	M4	href="docs/module4p.pdf"> Exercises Module 4.
December 20	Exercises M4. Transformers	M4	Exercises Module 4. Deliver Asignment 8: Exercise 4.10
December 21	Exercises M1 to M4.	M4	Last year exam