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Networks (d.c.)

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you will learn about:

  • Kirchhoff’s laws (KCL and KVL)
  • Branching of current and fall of potential
  • Equipotential points
  • Introduction to networks
  • Application of KCL and KVL in solving network problems
  • Active and passive elements
  • Dependent and independent voltage and current sources
  • Conversions between constant voltage and constant current sources
  • Networks theorems: superposition, Thevenin, Norton. Millman, and maximum power transfer
  • Application of network theorems
  • Delta-wye, wye-delta transformations
  • Balanced networks
Equation
5.1  INTRODUCTION

The equivalent resistance of a complex network, comprising resistances ...

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