4.7 MESH ANALYSIS OF CIRCUITS WITH RESISTORS AND INDEPENDENT VOLTAGE SOURCES
Mesh Analysis uses the KCL equations and the element equations to eliminate variables, reduces the number of pertinent variables to (b – n + 1) mesh current variables and uses the second set of equations (KVL equations) to solve for these variables.
Mesh analysis is applicable only to planar networks. A planar network is one that can be drawn on a plane without any component crossing over another. Consider the two circuits shown in Fig. 4.7-1.
The circuit in Fig. 4.7-1 (a) is non-planar since it cannot be drawn on a plane surface without crossovers. The circuit in Fig. 4.7-1(b) is planar, though there appears to be a crossover due to the way it is drawn in Fig. 4.7-1 ...
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