Bachelor Degree Electrical Engineering Programs 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. )Reference: Faculty bylaw 2004 – program specification( 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 Dept. of Electrical Engineering 57 One week One week Bachelor Degree Faculty of Engineering – Assiut University E121-Electric circuits theory (1) . 3rdtopic 4thtopic 5thtopic 6thtopic 7thtopic 8thtopic 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 Dept. of Electrical Engineering 58 Two weeks Two weeks Two weeks One week One wee Two weeks One week One week Bachelor Degree Faculty of Engineering – Assiut University E121-Electric circuits theory (1) . 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 One week 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 - 10% - %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 Dept. of Electrical Engineering 59 Bachelor Degree Faculty of Engineering – Assiut University E121-Electric circuits theory (1) . Periodicals, web http://www.google.com/ sites.. etc. Dept. of Electrical Engineering 60 Bachelor Degree