Kuwait University جامعــة الكويــت
كليـــــة الـهندســــــــة والبتـــــــرول
College of Engineering & Petroleum
قســـــــم الـهندســــــــة الكهربائيــــــــــة
Electrical Engineering Department
ENGR 205 Electrical Engineering
Fundamentals
Exam I
November 19, 2022 | 02:00PM – 03:30PM | Exam Duration 90
Minutes!
Ideal Solution
Problem Points
1 5
2 5
3 7
4 8
Total: 25
Problem 1: [5 points]
a) [3 points] Find the equivalent resistance
𝑅𝑒𝑞 seen from terminals a and b.
𝑅𝑒𝑞 = 13 𝛺
Solution:
2+4=6Ω
6∥6=3Ω
3 + 17 = 20 Ω
20 ∥ 20 = 10 Ω
10 ∥ 10 = 5 Ω
5 + 8 = 13 Ω
1. [2 points] The current through the terminals and the voltage at the terminals of the Blackbox
shown are defined as:
0 𝑡<0
𝑖(𝑡) = {
20 𝑒 −200𝑡 𝑚𝐴 𝑡≥0
0 𝑡<0
𝑣(𝑡) = {
500 𝑒 −200𝑡 𝑉 𝑡≥0
Find the total energy delivered to the circuit element.
𝑊𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 25 𝑚𝐽
Solution:
∞ ∞
𝑊𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = ∫0 𝑝(𝑡)𝑑𝑡 = ∫0 𝑖(𝑡)𝑣(𝑡)𝑑𝑡
∞ 𝑒 −400𝑡 1
= ∫0 [20𝑒 −200𝑡 10−3 ][500𝑒 −200𝑡 ]𝑑𝑡 = 10 𝑡=∞
𝑡=0[ −400 ] = 40 𝐽 = 25 𝑚𝐽
Problem 2: [5 points]
1. For the circuit shown, use one or more of the
following techniques (voltage division, ohm’s
law, and KVL) to find:
a. 𝑉𝑜 .
b. 𝐼𝑜
c. 𝑉𝑥 .
2. Find the power dissipated in the 40 Ω resistor.
𝑉𝑜 = 40 𝑉 𝐼𝑜 = 1.33 𝐴 𝑉𝑥 = 26.5 𝑉 𝑃40Ω = 640 𝑊
Solution:
1.
10
a. 𝑉𝑜 = 200 = 40 𝑉
40+10
200
b. 𝐼𝑜 = 100+50
= 1.33 𝐴
c. KVL:
𝑉𝑥 = 𝑉40Ω − 𝑉𝑜 = (𝐼𝑜 ∗ 50Ω) − 40 = (1.33 ∗ 50) − 40 = 66.5 − 40 =
26.5 𝑉
(200−𝑉𝑜 )2 (200−40)2
2. 𝑃40Ω = 40
= 40
= 640 𝑊
Problem 3: [7 points]
For the circuit shown, the reference node is defined
in the circuit.
1. Find the voltages V1, V2 and V3 by using the
node-voltage method.
2. Find the power of the 10 kΩ resistor.
𝑉1 = −2 𝑉 𝑉2 = 3 𝑉
𝑉3 = 10 𝑉 𝑃10𝑘Ω = 10 𝑚𝑊
Solution:
1. Node-voltage equations
Super node (combine node1 and 3)
𝑉1 − 𝑉2 𝑉3 𝑉3 − 𝑉2
− 2𝑚𝐴 + + =0→1
30𝐾 10𝐾 6𝐾
Super node equation:
4𝑉Δ = 𝑉1 − 𝑉3 , 𝑉Δ = − 𝑉2
𝑉1 + 4𝑉2 − 𝑉3 = 0 → 2
Node 2:
𝑉2 − 𝑉3 𝑉2 − 𝑉1
+ + 1𝑚𝐴 = 0 → 3
6𝐾 30𝐾
𝑉1 = −2 𝑉
𝑉2 = 3 𝑉
𝑉3 = 10 𝑉
𝑉2 (10)2
2. 𝑃10 𝐾Ω = 103 𝐾 = = 10 𝑚𝑊
10𝐾
Problem 4: [8 points]
The value of the load resister RL in the circuit below is adjusted such as the power delivered to the load is
maximized.
a) Find the Thevenin voltage 𝑉𝑇ℎ of the circuit with respect to terminals a, b using mesh-current
method.
b) The Thevenin resistance 𝑅𝑇ℎ of the circuit with respect to a, b using kill-sources method.
c) Find the value of RL that will maximize the power transfer to the load.
d) Find the maximum power 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 that can be delivered to RL.
a) 𝑉𝑇ℎ = 28 𝑉
b) 𝑅𝐿 = 12 𝛺
c) 𝑅𝑇ℎ = 12 𝛺
d) 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 16.33 𝑊
Solution:
a. 𝑉𝑡ℎ = 𝑉𝑜.𝑐 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑠ℎ − 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
super mesh 1 and 2:
10 𝐼1 + 5 𝐼2 − 50 𝑉 + 20 𝐼2 + 15 𝐼2 = 0
10 𝐼1 + 40 𝐼2 = 50 → 1
Super mesh equation:
2𝐴 = 𝐼2 − 𝐼1 → 2
𝐼1 = −0.6 𝐴
𝐼2 = 1.4 𝐴
𝑉𝑡ℎ = 𝑉𝑜.𝑐 = 20Ω ∗ 𝐼2 = 20 ∗ 1.4 = 28 𝑉
b. Only independent sources so
𝑅𝑡ℎ = 𝑅𝑒𝑞 = (10 + 5 + 15)//(20) = 30//20 = 12 Ω
c. For max power transfers to the load:
𝑅𝐿 = 𝑅𝑡ℎ = 12 Ω
𝑅𝑒𝑞
𝑉𝑡ℎ 2 (28)2
d. 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 4 𝑅 = = 16.33 𝑊
𝑡ℎ 4∗12
