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Electric Circuits I

 

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EEE201 Electric Circuits I 4+0+0 ECTS:5

 
Year / Semester Fall Semester
Level of Course First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Status Compulsory
Department DEPARTMENT of ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Contact Hours 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week
Lecturer Prof. Dr. İsmail H. ALTAŞ
Co-Lecturer
Language of instruction English
Professional practise (internship) None
 

Objectives of the Course
To provide students with the ability to understand and analyse electrical circuits, to teach basic circuit elements and their properties such as resistivity, conductivity and operational behaviors. In addition, to provide the knowledge about circuit laws and network solution theorems besides the circuit responses to various input signals and switching. Teaching time-domain, s-domain and phasor analysis of electric circuits are also among the objectives of this course besides the topics resonance and Fourier analysis. Some other objectives of the course are having the students to learn single and three-phase AC system properties.
 
Contents of the Course
Electrical charge, work, power and energy concepts, basic components and principles of electrical circuits, variables and measuring devices of circuit elements. Ohm’s and Kirchoff's laws, loop and nodal analysis. Series and parallel connections of circuit elements. Circuit networks with multiple sources. Circuit theorems: Linearity, superposition, Thevenin and Norton theorems, Wye-Delta (Y-∆) conversions, network response to DC, exponential and sinusoidal excitation. Switching networks, network functions and Fourier analysis. Generating single-Phase AC, Frequency, period, phase angle, time domain and phasor methods, R, L, C elements and Impedances, resonance in AC circuits, real power, reactive power and power factor, transformers and 3 Phase Systems.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will sufficient knowledge about: :

LO - 1 : DC circuit components and electric circuit laws
LO - 2 : Electric network theorems and solution methods
LO - 3 : Solution of network problems by mesh and loop equations
LO - 4 : Solving network problems by using computers
LO - 5 : Time and frequency domain analysis of electric circuits
LO - 6 : Single-phase AC system properties and network solutions
LO - 7 : Three-phase AC system properties and network solutions



Teaching Plan
Week 01: Electrical charge, work, power and energy concepts, variables and measuring devices of circuit elements,
Week 02: Basic components and principles of DC electrical circuits
Week 03: Ohm’s and Kirchoff's laws, 
Week 04: Loop and nodal analysis.
Week 05: Series and parallel connections of circuit elements, Circuit networks with multiple sources
Week 06: Circuit theorems, Linearity and superposition 
Week 07: Thevenin and Norton theorems, WyeDelta (Y-∆) conversions
Week 08: Network responses to DC, exponential and sinusoidal excitation,switching networks and Fourier analysis
Week 09: Generating single-Phase AC, frequency, period, phase angle, time domain and phasor methods
Week 10: R, L, C elements and Impedances, 
Week 11: Resonance in AC circuits,  network functions
Week 12:  Real power, reactive power and power factor.
Week 13: Single-phase transformers
Week 14: Three-Phase AC Systems, balanced three-phase systems
Week 15: Final Exam



Text Book 
  • Ismail H. Altas, Unpublished lecture notes.
  • Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku, "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits", 4th ed., 2009, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Allan H. Robbins and Wilhelm C Miller, "Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice", 5th Ed., 984 page, Cengage Learning, 2012.
  • Stalin A. Boctor, " Electric Circuit Analysis", Prentice-Hall Inc., 1st Ed. 1987., 2nd Ed. 1991.
  • James W. Nisson, ‘Electric Circuits’, 2nd Ed. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1987.
  •  Smith, Circuits, Devices and Systems, Wiley Books. 
  • H.. W. Jackson, Introduction to Electric Circuits, Prentice Hall 
  • T. L. Floyd, Principles of Electric Circuits,  Prentice Hall  
 

 
Evaluation Method (To be completed)
Method Week Date Duration (Hour) Contribution (%)
Midterm        
Lab        
Project        
End of term exam        
 
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
 
Type of work Duration
(hours pw)
Number of weeks
Lectures (face to face teaching) 4 14
extracurricular work 2 10
Preparation for the Midterm Exam 2 7
Midterm exam 2 1
Lab 0 0
Project 0 0
End of term exam 2 1
Other 1 2 5
Total Work Load    104