TI25101 Electric Circuit Analysis Syllabus:

TI25101 Electric Circuit Analysis Syllabus – Anna University UG Syllabus Regulation 2025

Objectives:

To study the concepts related with electrical circuits under steady state and transient conditions.

Introduction to DC circuits

Types of sources, Independent and Dependent; Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, Mesh, Node, super mesh and Super node analysis.
Activity:
Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Introduction to AC Circuits

AC Circuits: Basic definitions; phasors and complex representation; RMS, Average value, form factor, peak factor- AC signals; solution of RLC networks; power, energy relations and power factor calculations. Mesh and Nodal Analysis.
Activity:
Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Network Reduction Techniques and Network Theorems

Series parallel circuits; star and delta transformation; Superposition, Reciprocity, Compensation, Thevenin’s, Norton’s and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems; Analysis with dependent and independent sources-Application to DC and AC networks.
1. Network Theorems
a. Application and experimental verification of network theorems (Thevenin’s, Norton’s,Superposition, Maximum Power Transfer and Reciprocity theorem).
Activity:
Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Solution of First and Second Order Networks

Solution of first and second order differential equations for Series and Parallel R-L, R-C, R-L-C circuits, initial and final conditions in network elements, forced and free response, time constants, steady state and transient state response. Application of Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms for electrical circuits.
a. Experimentation to compute time constant of series RL, RC circuits.
b. Experimental of frequency response of RLC circuits.
c. Experimental analysis of series RL, RC and RLC circuits.
Activity: Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Resonance and Two Port Networks

Resonant circuits-series, parallel, series-parallel circuits-effect of variation of Q on resonance. Relations between circuit parameters- Q, resonant frequency and bandwidth. Two Port Networks, terminal pairs, relationship of two port variables, impedance parameters, admittance parameters, transmission parameters and hybrid parameters, interconnections of two port networks
1. Experimental determination of resonant frequency and bandwidth for Series and Parallel resonant circuits.
2. Real time determination of impedance, admittance, transmission and hybrid parameters for two port networks.
Activity:
Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Three Phase Circuits

Three phase balanced / unbalanced circuits, phase sequence – analysis of three phase 3-wire and 4-wire circuits with star and delta connected loads, balanced & un balanced loads – phasor diagram of voltages and currents – power and power factor measurements in three phase circuits.
• Experimental determination of power in a three phase balanced and unbalanced circuits.
Activity:
Quiz, assignment, visual demonstration, seminar, review of GATE questions

Text Books:

1. M Nahvi I J A Edminster “Electric Circuits”; Schaum’s outline series , Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2009
2. Charles K. Alexander, Mathew N.O. Sadiku, “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits”, Fifth Edition,McGraw Hill, 2013.
3. David A Bell ,” Electric circuits “, Oxford University Press, 2011

References:

1. Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili, DC Electrical Circuit Analysis, Practice Problems, Methods, and Solution, Springer,2020.
2. Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili, Advanced Electrical Circuit Analysis, Practice Problems,Methods, and Solution, Springer,2020
3. William H. Hayt Jr, Jack E. Kemmerly and Steven M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis”, Tata McGraw Hill publishers, New Delhi, 2013.
4. Sudhakar. A, Shyammohan. S.P Circuits and Networks-Analysis and Synthesis. TataMcGraw Hill publishers, 5th Edition, 2015.