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Mesh Solution With 2 Sources

This document provides instructions for using mesh analysis to solve a circuit with two voltage sources. Key steps include: 1) Designating clockwise or counterclockwise mesh currents and indicating voltage polarities across elements common to multiple meshes. 2) Writing mesh equations by applying Kirchhoff's voltage law to each mesh. 3) Measuring current through circuit elements to solve the mesh equations and calculate branch currents. 4) Comparing calculated and measured voltage drops to verify the mesh analysis solution.

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Mesh Solution With 2 Sources

This document provides instructions for using mesh analysis to solve a circuit with two voltage sources. Key steps include: 1) Designating clockwise or counterclockwise mesh currents and indicating voltage polarities across elements common to multiple meshes. 2) Writing mesh equations by applying Kirchhoff's voltage law to each mesh. 3) Measuring current through circuit elements to solve the mesh equations and calculate branch currents. 4) Comparing calculated and measured voltage drops to verify the mesh analysis solution.

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Exercise no.

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MESH SOLUTION WITH 2 SOURCES

I. OBJECTIVE
To apply a mesh solution to a circuit having two voltage sources. Verify your results by using
measured data.

II. BASIC CONCEPTS


1. Mesh currents can be designated clockwise (CW) or counter clockwise (CCW). Once
designated the same convention must be used for every mesh in the circuit.
2. A voltage drop is considered positive when it is generated by its own mesh current.
3. Circuit elements common to more than one mesh, have mesh currents from each mesh
flowing through them.
4. Mesh analysis determines the currents flowing through each circuit element.
5. Apply Ohm’s law to determine voltage drops.
6. The following techniques are useful in writing down the mesh analysis equations
(Robbins & Miller, 1999)
a. Arbitrarily assign a clockwise (or counterclockwise) current to each interior closed
loop in the network. Although the assigned current may be in any direction, a
clockwise direction is used to make later work simpler.
b. Using the assigned loop currents, indicate the voltage polarities across all resistors in
the circuit. For a resistor which is common to two loops, the polarities of the voltage
drop due to each loop current should be indicated on the appropriate side of the
component.
c. Applying the Kirchhoff’s voltage law, write the loop equations for each loop in the
network. Do not forget that resistors which are common to two loops will have two
voltage drops, one due to each loop.
d. Solve the resultant simultaneous linear equations.
e. Branch currents are determined by algebraically combining the two loop currents
which are common to the branch.

III. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT


If LAB VOLT is available:
(1) DC NETWORK THEOREMS circuit board (1) F.A.C.E.T. base unit
(1) 1242 Laboratory Instrument (3) Two-Post connector, 1 cm
(1) Digital Multimeter
Alternative equipment:
(1) Digital Multimeter (DMM) (1) Breadboard
(1) R1 Brw-Blk-Red (1) set connecting wires
(1) R2 Brn-Grn-Red (2) Variable DC power supply
(1) R3 Grn-Brn-Blk (1) Breadboard or Experimenter
Board

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IV. PROCEDURE
1. Set up the circuit of Figure 1. Measure the resistance of R1, R2, and R3. Note: if you are
using an analog experimenter board (not the LAB volt circuit board), set R1 = 1k Ω, R2 =
1.5 kΩ, R3 = 510 Ω.
R1 = ___________ Ω R2 = ___________ Ω R3 = _____________ Ω
R1 R2

VS1 R3 VS2

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2. Apply 10 Vdc to V1 and -5 Vdc to V2.

3. Measure I1 (or the current thru R1) and I2 (the current thru R2).
I1 = _________
I2 = _________

4. Using the values for I1 and I2, calculate the value for I3 (the current thru R3).

5. What is the MESH 1 equation for this circuit?


a. (I1 x R1) + (I1 x R3) – (I2 x R3) = Vs1
b. (I2 x R2) + (I2 x R3) – (I1 x R3) = Vs2

6. What is the MESH 2 equation for this circuit?


a. (I1 x R1) + (I1 x R3) – (I2 x R3) = Vs1
b. (I2 x R2) + (I2 x R3) – (I1 x R3) = Vs2

7. Do the mesh currents through R3 flow in the same or in opposite directions?


a. same
b. opposite

8. You can determine the actual current through R3 by


a. subtracting I1 and I2
b. adding I1 and I2

9. With loop voltages set up in STEP (3) and (4), calculate the loop currents, and the voltage
drop across R3. Use separate paper for calculations (or on the back of this page).
I1 = ___________ mAdc
I2 = ___________ mAdc
I3 = ___________ mAdc

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10. Measure the voltage drop across R3
VR2 = __________ Vdc

11. Compare your calculated (STEP 7) and measured (STEP 8) values. Do they agree?
a. Yes
b. No

12. With VR3 known, can you determine the voltage drops of each circuit resistor?
a. No
b. Yes

13. With respect to branch currents, what is the advantage of the mesh method of circuit
analysis?
a. Branch currents are required for a mesh solution.
b. Branch currents are not required for a mesh solution.

14. Turn off power. Return all materials and equipment to the custodian.

V. QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS to PONDER


1. When you assign the direction of mesh current flowing through a common circuit
resistor, the currents
a. must flow in the same direction
b. must flow in opposite direction
c. may flow in either direction
d. None of the above

2. If a mesh current flows into the negative terminal of a power source, then its
assigned polarity
a. is positive
b. is negative
c. cannot be determined without magnitude
d. depends on the multimeter connection

3. Mesh analysis is a method based on


a. KCL
b. KVL
c. Ohm’s law
d. All of the above

4. What is supermesh? How do you solve a circuit with supermesh element?

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V. CONCLUSION
Write in your own words how to apply mesh analysis in a circuit having 2 or more voltage
sources.

VI. NOTES/REFERENCES
LAB VOLT: DC Network Theorems Instructor’s Guide, 1989. Buck Engineering Co. Inc.USA

Allan H. Robbins & Wilhelm C. Miller. Circuit Analysis Theory and Practice 2nd Ed, 1999.
DELMAR Thomson Learning. USA

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