EEPW 2150

ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES

MODULE 2
DIRECT CURRENT (DC) CIRCUIT THEORY
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• ELECTRIC CIRCUIT OR CIRCUIT
• https://
eschooltoday.com/science/electricity/what-is-an-electrical-circuit.html
• https://www.quora.com/What-is-electric-circuits
• http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/302l/lectures/node54.html
• https://www.electrical4u.com/electric-circuit-or-electrical-network/
• https://
www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-network-and-circuit
• https://
www.electricaltechnology.org/2014/01/important-terms-related-to-elect
ric-circuits-and-networks.html
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and Matthew
N. O. Sadiku, page 12.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• CIRCUIT/NETWORK ELEMENTS
• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering/ee-cir
cuit-analysis-topic/circuit-elements/a/ee-circuit-terminology
• https://www.electrical4u.com/active-and-passive-elements-of-electr
ical-circuit/
• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur
/Basic%20Electrical%20Technology/pdf/L-03(GDR)(ET)%20((EE)NPTE
L).
pdf
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and
Matthew N. O. Sadiku, page 21.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• PASSIVE AND ACTIVE ELEMENTS/NETWORKS
• https://www.codrey.com/dc-circuits/active-and-passive-elements/
• https://www.electrical4u.com/active-and-passive-elements-of-electr
ical-circuit
/
• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur
/Basic%20Electrical%20Technology/pdf/L-03(GDR)(ET)%20((EE)NPTE
L).
pdf
• LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR CIRCUIT
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-linear-and-non-linear-circuits
• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL CIRCUITS
• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur/Basic%20E
lectrical%20Technology/pdf/L-03(GDR)(ET)%20((EE)NPTEL).
pdf
• https://www.elprocus.com/difference-between-unilateral-circuits-and-bilateral
-circuits
/
• https://
www.electricaltechnology.org/2013/12/difference-between-unilateral-and-bila
teral-circuits-elements.html
• http://www.eeeguide.com/classification-electrical-network/
• https://
electropaedia.blogspot.com/2016/09/unilateral-and-bilateral-elements.html
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
• BRANCH, NODE, & LOOP
• https://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur/Basic%20E
lectrical%20Technology/pdf/L-03(GDR)(ET)%20((EE)NPTEL).
pdf
• https://www.electrical4u.com/nodes-branches-and-loops-of-a-circuit/
• https://
www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering/ee-circuit-analysis-topic
/circuit-elements/a/ee-circuit-terminology
• https://powerinception.com/what-is-node-branch-and-loop-in-a-circuit/
• https://
www.electricaltechnology.org/2013/12/determine-the-number-of-Nodes-Bran
ches-Loops-and-Meshes-in-Circuit.html
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O.
Sadiku, pages 33-34.
KIRCHHOFF’S LAWS (KCL & KVL)
• https://isaacphysics.org/concepts/cp_kirchhoffs_laws
• https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/kirchhoffs-current-law.html
• https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/kirchhoffs-voltage-law.html
• https://
www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/circuits-topic/circuits-resistance/a/ee-k
irchhoffs-laws
• http://vlab.amrita.edu/?sub=1&brch=75&sim=217&cnt=1
• http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/curr/node8.html
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O.
Sadiku, pages 35-41.
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition by John Bird,
pages 167-168.
• Fundamental Electrical and Electronic Principles, Third Edition, by Christopher
R. Robertson, pages 48-51.
 BRANCH CURRENT METHOD
• https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-10/b
ranch-current-method
/
• http://www.mbstudent.com/electrical-engineering/branch-current-m
ethod
/
• https://
www.daenotes.com/electronics/basic-electronics/branch-current-me
thod
• http://
www.basicsofelectricalengineering.com/2017/07/branch-current-analy
sis.html
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition by
John Bird, pages 168-171.
 SUPERPOSITION THEOREM
• https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-10/s
uperposition-theorem
/
• https://www.tina.com/course/12super/super
• https://circuitglobe.com/what-is-superposition-theorem.html
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and
Matthew N. O. Sadiku, pages 122-127.
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition by
John Bird, pages 171-174.
 THEVENIN’S THEOREM
• https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/dcp_7.html
• https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/use-thevenins-
theorem
/
• https://circuitglobe.com/what-is-thevenins-theorem.html
• https://
www.electricaltechnology.org/2014/01/thevenins-theorem.html
• https://www.electrical4u.com/thevenin-theorem-and-thevenin-equ
ivalent-voltage-and-resistance
/
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and
Matthew N. O. Sadiku, pages 131-137.
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition
 NORTON’S THEOREM
• https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/dcp_8.html
• https://circuitglobe.com/what-is-nortons-theorem.html
• https://
www.tutorialspoint.com/network_theory/network_theory_nortons_
theorem.htm
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and
Matthew N. O. Sadiku, pages 137-140.
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition by
John Bird, pages 587-593.
 MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER
• https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/dcp_9.html
• https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-10/
maximum-power-transfer-theorem
/
• https://
circuitglobe.com/what-is-maximum-power-transfer-theorem.html
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and
Matthew N. O. Sadiku, pages 142-144.
• Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Revised Second Edition by
John Bird, pages 617-628.