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22-Elec-A1 Circuits: May 2015

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  1. Question 1 Mesh analysis of a four-mesh DC network
  2. Question 2 First-order RC switching transient
  3. Question 3 AC nodal analysis with a floating source
  4. Question 4 AC power — source current, voltage and power triangle
  5. Question 5 Thévenin equivalent and maximum power transfer
  6. Question 6 Laplace-domain analysis of a second-order network

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Reference texts: C. K. Alexander & M. N. O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits (7th ed., McGraw-Hill) — mesh/supermesh and nodal analysis, first-order RC transients, AC steady-state phasors, complex power, Thévenin’s theorem and maximum-power transfer, and Laplace-domain circuit analysis; W. H. Hayt, J. E. Kemmerly & S. M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis (9th ed.) — companion treatment of initial-condition source models in the s-domain.

Closed-book national examination, 3 hours, six questions of equal value; any five constitute a complete paper. All six are solved here. A Laplace-transform table is supplied with the paper. Phasor results are quoted as magnitude∡angle with angles in degrees; sources marked rms are treated as rms.