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This document provides a summary of the topics RL, RC and RLC circuits that will be covered in the tutorial session. It includes 7 example circuit problems involving these components with the objective being to have students attempt the problems beforehand. The problems cover determining current and voltage expressions over time as well as calculating initial and steady-state energy stored in the circuits. Solutions are provided for checking understanding with the goal of discussing any difficulties during the tutorial.

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Tutorial 2

This document provides a summary of the topics RL, RC and RLC circuits that will be covered in the tutorial session. It includes 7 example circuit problems involving these components with the objective being to have students attempt the problems beforehand. The problems cover determining current and voltage expressions over time as well as calculating initial and steady-state energy stored in the circuits. Solutions are provided for checking understanding with the goal of discussing any difficulties during the tutorial.

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IIT Palakkad

First Semester, 2020-21


EE 2030 Electrical and Magnetic Circuits
Tutorial-2 on Friday, 28/08/2020
Topics (L7,L8,L9): RL, RC and RLC circuits

Note: Students are required to attempt solving these problems before coming to the tutorial session. Any difficulties
in understanding the stated topics or the given examples and the related discussions would be entertained. If you find
some mistake in the answer, please notify me the corrected answer. All the best.

[1] For the circuit shown below, L1 = 5H, L2 = 20H, i1 (0− ) = −8A, i2 (0− ) = −4A.Then find

a) Obtain i1 , i2 , i3 for t ≥ 0.
b) Obtain the total initial energy stored in the inductors.
c) Obtain the total steady-state (as t → ∞) energy stored in the inductors.
d) Does the results in b) and c) has any relation to the total energy delivered to the resistive network. Justify explicitly.

[Ans: a) i1 (t) = 1.6 − 9.6 exp(−2t), i2 (t) = −1.6 − 2.4 exp(−2t), i3 (t) = 5.76 exp(−2t) b)320J c) 32J]
[2] For the circuit shown below,

a) Obtain the value of resistor R such that 10% of the initial energy stored in the inductor would dissipate across R
in 10µs.
b) For the same, obtain the general expression for R in terms of the inductance L (instead of 10mH), σ and t0 which
are defined as the σ fraction of the initial energy stored in the inductor would dissipate across R in t0 seconds.

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[Ans: a) 52.68Ω b) R = ln( 1−σ ) 2tL0 ]

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[3] For the circuit shown below,

a) Find v0 (t) for t ≥ 0.


b) Find the % of the initial energy stored in the circuit has been dissipated after the switch has been open for 60ms?

[Ans: a) 8 exp(−25t) + 4 exp(−10t) b) 81.05%]


[4] For the circuit shown below,

a) Find v(t) for t ≥ 0+ .

b) Find i(t) for t ≥ 0

[Ans: a) 15 exp(−12.5t)V b) 20 − 15 exp(−12.5t)A]


[5] For the circuit shown below,

a) Obtain iL (t) for 0 ≤ t < 35ms.


b) Obtain iL (t) for t ≥ 35ms.

c) What % of the initial energy stored in the inductor is dissipated across 18Ω, 3Ω, 6Ω?

[Ans: a) 6 exp(−40t)A b) 1.48 exp(−60(t − 0.035))A c) 31.3%, 22.9%, 45.8%]

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[6] For the circuit shown below, the switch position with timings are as follows: switch a for t < 0, switch b for
0 ≤ t < 15ms, switch c for t > 15ms. Then

a) Obtain v(t) for all ranges of t.


b) Plot v(t) vs t.

c) Find the time taken for the voltage on the capacitor to reach 200V

[Ans: a) 0 for t < 0, 400(1 − e−100t )V for 0 ≤ t < 15ms, 310.75e−200(t−0.015) V for t ≥ 15ms b) Plot c) 6.93ms, 17.2ms]
[7] For the circuit shown below, vo (0− ) = 10V

a) Obtain vo (t) for t ≥ 0.


b) How many milliseconds it would take for the capacitor to short circuit. Given capacitor short circuits when the
voltage across reaches 150V.

[Hint: Solve this problem using differential equations approach, rather than using initial and final values which are
confusing when dependent sources are present.]
[Ans: a) 10e40t b) 67.7 ms ]
[8] For the circuit shown below obtain iL (t) for t ≥ 0

[Ans: 8 + 2e−400t cos(300t) + 11e−400t sin(300t) ]

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