Spring 2012 Syllabus

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Kuwait University

College of Engineering and Petroleum

Electrical Engineering Department

ENGR 205, Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

Spring 2012 Syllabus

Catalog Description: Basic circuit variables and elements, circuit laws and simpleresistive circuits, Nodal and Mesh analysis, Thevenin theorem,Norton theorem, superposition theorem, natural and step responses

of first order RL and RC circuits, natural and step responses of

series and parallel RLC circuits, sinusoidal steady state analysis,phasor analysis, power calculations for single phase circuits.

Textbook: Nilsson and Riedel, Electric Circuits, Prentice Hall, 9th Edition.

Grading Policy:

Homework 10 %Quizzes 10 %

First Exam 10 %

Second Exam 15 %

Third Exam 15 %

Final Exam 40 %

Letter Grade Distribution (Unified):

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F

95+ 90-94 87-89 84-86 80-83 77-79 74-76 70-73 66-69 60-65 59

Exam Schedule (dates and contents are subject to change)

1st Exam 10% Wed. Mar. 7, 2012 12:30 - 1:45 PM Chapters 1,2,3 Not Unified

2nd Exam 15% Wed. Apr. 4, 2012 12:25 - 1:50 PM Chapters 1-4 Unified

3rd Exam 15% Wed. May. 2, 2012 12:25 - 1:50 PMChapter 6.1-6.3Chapter 9.1-9.9

and 9.12

Chapter 10

Unified

Final Exam 40% Wed. May. 30, 2012 5:00 - 7:00 PM Comprehensive Unified


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Covered Topics (Unified):

Chapter Covered Sections

Ch. 1 1.1 - 1.6

Ch. 2 2.1 - 2.5

Ch. 3 3.1 - 3.7

Ch. 4 4.1 - 4.13

Ch. 6 6.1 - 6.3

Ch. 9 9.1 - 9.9 , 9.12

Ch. 10 10.1 - 10.6

Ch. 7 7.1 - 7.4

Ch. 8 8.1 - 8.4

Tentative Schedule

Semester week Dates Topics

Weeks 1 - 3 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Chapters 1, 2 and 3

Weeks 4

5 Mar. 4

Mar. 15 Sections 4.1 - 4.8

Weeks 6 7 Mar. 18 Mar. 29 Sections 4.9 - 4.13

Weeks 8 9 Apr. 1 Apr. 12Sections 6.1 - 6.3Sections 9.1 9.9

Section 9.12

Weeks 10 - 11 Apr. 15 Apr. 26 Sections 10.1 10.6

Weeks 12 13 Apr. 29 May. 10 Sections 7.1 7.4

Weeks 14 - 15 May. 13 May. 23 Sections 8.1 8.4


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Course Objectives:

Chapter 1

1. Understand and be able to use SI units and the standard prefixes for powers of 10.

2. Know and be able to use the definitions of voltage and current.

3. Know and be able to use the definitions of power and energy.4. Be able to use the passive sign convention to calculate the power for an ideal basic circuit

element given its voltage and current.

Chapter 21. Understand the symbols for and the behavior of the following ideal basic circuit elements:

independent voltage and current sources, dependent voltage and current sources, and resistors.

2. Be able to state Ohms law, Kirchhoffs current law, and Kirchhoffs voltage law, and be ableto use these laws to analyze simple circuits.

3. Know how to calculate the power for each element in a simple circuit and be able to determine

whether or not the power balances for the whole circuit.

Chapter 31. Be able to recognize resistors connected in series and in parallel and use the rules for

combining series-connected resistors and parallel-connected resistors to yield equivalentresistance.

2. Know how to design simple voltage divider and current divider circuits.

3. Be able to use voltage division and current division appropriately to solve simple circuits.

4. Be able to determine the reading of an ammeter when added to a circuit to measure current; beable to determine the reading of a voltmeter when added to a circuit to measure voltage.

5. Understand how a Wheatstone bridge is used to measure resistance.

6. Know when and how to use delta-to-wye equivalent circuits to solve simple circuits.

Chapter 4

1. Understand and be able to use the node-voltage method to solve a circuit.

2. Understand and be able to use the mesh-current method to solve a circuit.3. Be able to decide whether the node-voltage method or the mesh-current method is the

preferred approach to solving a particular circuit.

4. Understand source transformation and be able to use it to solve a circuit.5. Understand the concept of the Thevenin and Norton-equivalent circuits and be able to

construct a Thevenin or Norton equivalent for a circuit.

6. Know the condition for maximum power transfer to a resistive load and be able to calculatethe value of the load resistor that satisfies this condition.

Chapter 6

1. Know and be able to use the equations for voltage, current, power, and energy in an inductor;understand how an inductor behaves in the presence of constant current, and the requirement that

the current be continuous in an inductor.

2. Know and be able to use the equations for voltage, current, power, and energy in a capacitor;

understand how a capacitor behaves in the presence of constant current, and the requirement thatthe voltage be continuous in a capacitor.

3. Be able to combine inductors with initial conditions in series and in parallel to form a

single equivalent inductor with an initial condition; be able to combine capacitors withinitial conditions in series and in parallel to form a single equivalent capacitor with an


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initial condition.

Chapter 71. Be able to determine the natural response of both RL and RC circuits.

2. Be able to determine the step response of both RL and RC circuits.

Chapter 8

1. Be able to determine the natural response and the step response of parallel RLC circuits.

2. Be able to determine the natural response and the step response of series RLC circuits.

Chapter 9

1. Understand phasor concepts and be able to perform a phasor transform and an inverse

phasor transform.2. Be able to transform a circuit with a sinusoidal source into the frequency domain using

phasor concepts.

3. Know how to use the following circuit-analysis techniques to solve a circuit in the frequency

domain.

4. Kirchhoffs laws.

5. Series, parallel, and delta-to-wye simplifications.

6. Voltage and current division.7. Thevenin and Norton equivalents.

8. Node-voltage method and Mesh-current method.

Chapter 101. Understand the following ac power concepts, their relationships to one another, and how

to calculate them in a circuit:

Instantaneous power.

Average (real) power.

Reactive power.

Complex power.

Power factor.2. Understand the condition for maximum real power delivered to a load in an ac circuit and be

able to calculate the load impedance required to deliver maximum real power to the load.

Course Policy: A fundamental tenet of all educational institutions is academic honesty; academic work

depends upon respect for and acknowledgment of the work and ideas of others. Misrepresentingsomeone else's work as one's own is a serious offense in any academic setting and it will not be

condoned. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving assistance

in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work to be submitted for academic

evaluation (e.g. papers, projects, examinations and assessments - whether online or in class);presenting, as one's own, the ideas, words or calculations of another for academic evaluation;

doing unauthorized academic work for which another person will receive credit or be evaluated;

using unauthorized aids in preparing work for evaluation (e.g. unauthorized formula sheets,

unauthorized calculators, unauthorized programs or formulas loaded into your calculator, etc.);and presenting the same or substantially the same papers or projects in two or more courses

without the explicit permission of the instructors involved. A student who assists another student

in committing an act of academic misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, andshall be subject to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code. Sanctions


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shall include, but are not limited to, a grade of 0 on the assignment, quiz or exam; a grade of F

for the course.

If you have a valid reason for a makeup exam, inform your instructor a.s.a.p. A valid reason

is a medical emergency, a death in the family, and quite frankly, very little else. In all cases,you will be expected to bring in proof. Same rules shall apply to the final exam in case a

grade of incomplete (I) is requested.

The use of cell phones or any other means of communication is strictly prohibited inclassrooms.

The final grades are unified as well as homeworks, second, third and final exams.

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