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Circuit laws and theorems. Transients and steady state behaviours of resistive, capacitive and inductive circuits. Laplace transforms. Fourier transforms and series. Linear system behaviour.
Topics covered include:• Fundamentals of charge, voltage, current and power;• ideal sources;• current-voltage relationships for basic components;• modelling of real components;• Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws;• series and parallel combinations;• nodal and mesh analysis;• properties of linear networks;• Thévenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, maximum power transfer theorem;• superposition;• capacitor and inductor modelling;• source-free response of RLC circuits;• 1st and 2nd order RLC circuits, initial conditions, forced response, complete response;• phasors;• the Laplace transform;• frequency response;• high pass, low pass, bandpass, and bandstop filters;• complex frequency, pole-zero and Bode plots, resonance;• trigonometric form of Fourier series, complex form of Fourier series, Fourier transform techniques.
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:LO1: Apply circuit analysis methods to determine current flows, voltage distributions, and power absorption for direct-current (DC) and alternating-current (AC) circuits (WA1)LO2: Model circuit components and sources using mathematical techniques and apply numerical simulations using modern circuit simulation packages to solve these models (WA1, WA5)LO3: Use different methods, laws, rules and theorems to analyse, troubleshoot, simplify and design complex electrical circuits, accounting for transient, dynamic behaviour and the frequency response of these circuits (WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4)LO4: Communicate circuit behaviour effectively to aid circuit and filter design using analytical and visual techniques (WA10)LO5: Identify the applications and limitations of current and emerging components and analysis techniques in the design of electrical circuits (WA3, WA5, WA12)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Subject to the approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry
ENEL202
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Philippa Martin
Matthew Kokshoorn
Hayt, William H. et al; Engineering circuit analysis ; Ninth edition; McGraw-Hill Education, 2019 (The 7th and 8th Editions are also okay).
Contact HoursLectures: 36 hoursTutorials: 12 hoursWorkshops: 0 hoursLaboratories: 0 hours Independent studyReview of lectures: 30 hoursTest and exam preparation: 30 hoursAssignments: 18 hoursTutorial preparation: 24 hoursLaboratory calculations: 0 hours Total 150
Domestic fee $1,122.00
International fee $6,238.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .