Assignment 2 AC Circuits
Assignment 2 AC Circuits
Assignment 2
Part I
1) Given the sinusoid 30sin(4πt-750), calculate its amplitude, phase, angular frequency,
period, and frequency.
2) A current source in a linear circuit has
I = 15cos(25πt+250) A
a) What is the amplitude of the current?
b) What is the angular frequency?
c) Calculate I at t = 2 ms
3) The maximum values of the alternating voltage and current are 400 V and 20 A respectively
in a circuit connected to 50 Hz supply and these quantities are sinusoidal. The instantaneous
value of the voltage and current are 283 V and 10 A respectively at t = 0 both increasing
positively. Write down the expression for voltage and current at time t.
4) Find the average and RMS values for the waveforms shown in Figure
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
Part II
1) A series RLC circuit containing a resistance of 10 Ω, inductance of 0.18 H and a capacitor
of 120 μF are connected in series across a 240 V, 50 Hz supply. Find
a) Impedance
b) Circuit current
c) Phase angle between voltage and current
d) Power factor
2) A parallel RLC circuit containing a resistance of 60 Ω, inductance of 80 mH and a capacitor
of 30 μF are connected in parallel across a 12 V, 60 Hz supply. Find
a) Impedance
b) Current flowing in each element.
3) Find the input impedance for the circuit shown in figure. Assume that the circuit operates
at ω = 50 rad/s.
4) Find the input impedance for the circuit shown in figure. Assume that the circuit operates
at ω = 10 rad/s.
10) Determine the current that flows through an 8 Ω resistor connected to a voltage source
Vs = 110cos(377t) V
11) What is the instantaneous voltage across a 2 μF capacitor when the current through it is
i = 4sin(106t+250) A
12) A voltage v(t) = 100cos(60t+200) V is applied to a parallel combination of a 40 kΩ
resistor and a 50 μF capacitor. Find the steady state currents through the resistor and
capacitor.
13) A series RLC circuit containing a resistance of 80 Ω, inductance of 240 mH and a capacitor
of 5 mF are connected in series across a v(t) = 10cos2t
Find the current flowing through the circuit.
14) Find current i for the circuit shown in figure when
vs(t) = 50cos200t V
6) For each of the following cases, find the complex power, average power and reactive
power
7) Determine the complex power for the following cases