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Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Course specification
Electric circuits theory (1)
E121
1. Course Aim
Main Aim
Sub-Aims
To get knowledge about fundamentals of dc electric circuits
To get knowledge about fundamentals of ac electric circuits
To be familiar with electric circuit component and devices
To study electric circuit theorems
To be acquired with ac and dc currents
Trouble shooting techniques
2. Course Content
Current, voltage, power and energy. Constant and controlled current/voltage sources - Series
and parallel circuits. Analysis of dc circuit ( loop, mesh and nodal methods). Circuit
theorems, Capacitance and inductance. Alternating current. Analysis of ac circuits using
vectors. Computation of power. Resonance circuits. Magnetic circuits.
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3. Course Topics
1sttopic
1- Definitions, units, and dimensions
1-1 Brief history
1-2 Systems of units
1-3 S.I prefixes
nd
2 topic
2- Current , voltage and power
2-1 Atoms and their structure
2-2 Current
2-3 Voltage
2-4 Fixed dc supplies
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3rdtopic
4thtopic
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9thtopic
10thtopic
3- Resistance, Ohom's law and Kirchoff's laws
3-1 Ohom's law
3-2 Dc voltage and current sources
3-3 Topology of electric circuits
3-4 Kirchoff's current law
3-5 Kirchoff's voltage law
4- Some methods of solution of electric circuits
4-1 Source equivalence
4-2 Ladder network analysis
4-3 Y/ and /Y conversion
4-4 Bridge network analysis
4-5 Loop current method
4-6 Node voltage method
4-7 Dependant source and circuit analysis
5- Network theorems
5-1 Superposition theorem
5-2 Thevenin's and Norton's theorem
5-3 Maximum power transfer theorem
5-4 Substitution theorem
5-5 Reciprocity theorem
6- Sinusoidal alternating current and voltage
6-1 Sine and cosine waves
6-2 Phase relations
6-3 Sinusoidal average value
6-4 Effective value
6-5 Sinusoidal currents in ideal elements of electric circuits
7-Complex algebra and phasors
7-1 Imaginary numbers
7-2 Complex numbers and rectangular form
7-3 Exponential and polar forms
7-4 Phasors
8- Simple ac circuits
8-1 Reactance and phasor relations
8-2 Series circuits
8-3 Impedance
8-4 Ac circuit power absorption
8-5 Reactive power
8-6 Complex power and apparent power
9-Mid-term exam. and review the answers
10-Resonance
10-1 Series resonance circuit
10-2 Quality factor
10-3 Three-branch parallel resonance circuit
10-4 Two-branch parallel resonance circuit
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11thtopic
11-Magnetic circuits
11-1 Magnetic fields
11-2 Flux density
11-3 Permeability
11-4 Ohm's law for magnetic circuits
11-5 Reluctance
11-6 Magnetizing force
11-7 Ampere's circuital law
11-8Series magnetic circuits
11-9 Series-parallel magnetic circuits
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4. Grades Distribution
Assesment Methods
Final Exam
Oral Final Exam
Percentage
66.67 %
23.33 %
Midterm exam
Written Exam
Oral Exam
Tutorial assessment
Project assessment
Assessments
%0
3.33%
Model assessment
Report assessment
Quiz assessment
Presentation assessment
1.67 %
3.33%
Discussion
1.67%
Laboratory test
Home Exam
Monitoring
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10%
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%100
Total
5. List of References
Course notes
Required books
Recommended
books
"Fundamentals of electrical circuit theory" by J. Hlavka & M.
Saleh
"Circuit analysis"
by J. R. O'Malley
"Introductory circuit analysis"
by R. L. Boylestad
"Electric circuits"
by J. W. Nilsson
"Worked examples in electro-technology" by Theraja
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Periodicals, web http://www.google.com/
sites.. etc.
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