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Laboratory Exercise No. 10

This laboratory exercise aims to familiarize students with superposition theorem and principles of linearity through hands-on circuit analysis. Students will apply superposition theorem to determine currents in two sample circuits containing multiple voltage sources. They will measure circuit currents and verify the measurements by computing currents using superposition theorem. The exercise objectives are for students to understand combinational circuits, solve for currents and voltages using superposition theorem, apply Ohm's law in mesh and nodal analysis, and appreciate linearity through circuit simplification.

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Laboratory Exercise No. 10

This laboratory exercise aims to familiarize students with superposition theorem and principles of linearity through hands-on circuit analysis. Students will apply superposition theorem to determine currents in two sample circuits containing multiple voltage sources. They will measure circuit currents and verify the measurements by computing currents using superposition theorem. The exercise objectives are for students to understand combinational circuits, solve for currents and voltages using superposition theorem, apply Ohm's law in mesh and nodal analysis, and appreciate linearity through circuit simplification.

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LABORATORY EXERCISE NO.

10
Superposition Theorem and Principles of Linearity
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this laboratory exercise, the students are expected to be:
1. Aware of the characteristics of a combinational (series-parallel)
circuit;
2. Solve for the current and voltage using Superposition theorem;
3. Apply ohm’s law in a mesh and nodal analysis;
4. Appreciate the principles of linearity through simplification of
system.
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:

Quantity Materials/Equipment

1 set Adjustable DC Power Supply

1 unit Multi-tester

1 pc. each 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 0.5 Ω , 5 Ω ,6 Ω , and 20 Ω resistor


1 set Breadboard

1 set Connecting Wires

Introduction:

The laws that determine the voltage and current drops are ohm’s
law, the laws for resistors in series and parallel, and Kirchoff’s law.
In addition, there are numbers of circuit theorems which have been
developed for solving electrical theorems. These are superposition
theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, and the maximum power
transfer theorem.

Discussion:

In any network made of linear resistances and containing more than


one source of emf, the resultant current flowing in any branch is the
algebraic sum of the currents that would flow in that branch is each source
was considered separately, all other sources being replaced at that time
by their respective internal resistances.

According to the Superposition theorem, if there are a number of emf


acting simultaneously in any linear bilateral network, then each emf acts
independently of the other. The current and voltage across any conductors
of the network is obtained by superimposing the currents and the voltage
due to each emf in the networks. Hence, in a network of linear resistances
containing more than one generator (or source of emf), the current which
flows at any point is the sum of all the currents which would flow at that
point if each generator where considered separately and all other
generators replaced for the time being by resistances equal to their
internal resistance.

Procedures:
1. Perform Figure 1 and measure the current across every load.

2. Verify the recorded current with the computed current using


superposition theorem in table 1.

3. Perform Figure 2 and measure the current across every load.

4. Verify the recorded current with the computed current using


superposition theorem in table 2.

Figure 1
FIGURE 2
Discussion of Results:

1. Write the measured parameters in Table 1 for Figure 1.

Table 1. Measured parameters

Resistor
No. Resistance Measured Computed

1 1 Ω

2 2 Ω

3 0.5 Ω

Computation:

2. Write the measured parameters in Table 2 for Figure 2.


Table 2. Measured parameters

Resistor
No. Resistance Measured Computed

1 5 kΩ

2 6 kΩ

3 20 kΩ

Computation:

Conclusion:
Problems/Exercises:
1. Solve for the individual currents of the given system superposition
theorem

2. Solve for the individual currents of the given system using mesh and
nodal analysis

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