ENEE 272 Electrical Circuits II (3)

Required course for majors in the electrical specialty.

Catalog Description:

LaPlace transforms. Transient response of dynamic circuits. Transformers. AC circuit analysis, AC power, three-phase circuits, power factor. Digital computer analysis of electrical circuits. Spring semester. Lecture 3 hours.

Prerequisites:

Engineering 270 and 271, with grade of C or better.

Corequisite:

Engineering 273.

Textbook/References:

Electric Circuits, with Introduction to PSPICE Manual using OrCad 9.1 by James W. Nilsson. Addison Wesley, 6th Edition, 1996.

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Develop mathematical models for electrical circuits (1)

2. Analyze and predict the electrical transient behavior of these models (2)

3. Analyze the dc or steady state behavior of these models (2)

4. Analyze the sinusoidal steady state behavior of these models (2)

Upon completion of this course, the student should know:

1. Sound principles of problem solving, (1,2)

2. Basics of electronic circuit analysis, including:

a) the Laplace transform (1)

b) transient response using transforms (2)

c) circuit variables and element definitions (2)

d) steady state or ac response techniques (2)

e) ac power analysis techniques (2)

f) PSPICE Circuit analysis (2)

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.

Topics Covered:

Week 1 Introduction & Orientation Mtual Inductance

Week 2 Mutual Inductance TheTransformer

Week 3 The Ideal Transformer

Week 4 Phasor Diagrams The Laplace Transform

Week 5 Applying the Laplace Transform, Inverse Transforms

Week 6 Applying the Laplace Transform, Inverse Transforms

Week 7 Poles and Zeroes Initial and Final Values

Week 8 Laplace Transform Circuit Analysis

Week 9 Laplace Transform Circuit Analysis The Transfer Function

Week 10 Spring Break

Week 11 The Transfer Function The Impulse Function in Circuit Analysis

Sinusoidal Steady State Power Calculations

Week 12 RMS, Instantaneous and Average Power Complex Power

Week 13 Complex Power Balanced Three Phase Systems

Week 14 Balanced Three Phase Systems

Week 15 Balanced Three Phase Systems

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences.

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering outcomes 1 and 2.

Prepared by: Dr. Virgil Thomason