EE 1100 Basic Electrical Engineering

Assignment 1 (Due on 24th August 2020)

𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌
1. The resistance 𝑅𝑅𝑤𝑤 of a wire is given as 𝑅𝑅𝑤𝑤 = , where 𝜌𝜌 is the resistivity of the wire, l is
𝐴𝐴
the length of the wire and A is the area of cross section of the wire. Calculate the
resistance of 10 m length of (i) Copper wire of cross section 1 mm2 and (ii) Aluminium
of cross section 2 mm2. (Resistivity of Cu = 168 µΩ m and Al = 265 168 µΩ m).
2. The wire used in house electrical wiring is normally specified as 16/0.20, 24/0.20 …
The first is the number of strands and the second is the diameter of each strand in mm.
Find specification of wire to carry (i) 5A (ii) 25 A. (use 2.5 A/mm2 as the current
carrying capacity and to select standard cable use a company’s website. Example:
https://www.havells.com/).
3. Use Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s law to find the value R in the circuit shown in Figure P3.

R + vV iA
+
+ 200 V v i 25 0
120 V 24Ω 8Ω
15 0.1
- 5 0.2
0 0.25
Figure P3 Figure P4

4. The terminal voltage and terminal current were measured on the device shown in
Figure P4. The values of v and i are as given in the table. Use these to plot v vs. i and
compute the equation of the line. Use the equation to construct a circuit model for the
device using an ideal voltage source and a resistor. Further, use the model to predict
the power that the device will deliver to a 25 Ω resistor.

5. The voltage and current at the terminals of an automobile battery during a charge cycle
are shown in Figure P5. Calculate the total charge transferred to the battery.

Figure P5 Figure P6
6. If the interconnection in Figure P6 is valid, find the total power delivered/consumed
by each source in the circuit.
7. For the circuit shown in Figure P7 determine the following. (a) The voltage across
the 3 Ω resistance and (b) The value of the voltage drop Vab.

a b

2Ω 5Ω
5
+ 10 V 3Ω V ab + 24 15
vV 8 20

10
c
Figure P7 Figure P8

8. For the circuit shown in Figure P8, find the value v in V that will dissipate 180 W in the
20 Ω resistance. Values of the resistances shown are in Ohms. Further, determine the
power delivered by the source.

9. In circuits shown below, find the equivalent resistance Rab. Use that to find the power
delivered by the source in each case.

a 8 1 6

1
+ 14 V 1 4
a 10 − 1 2 1

48 b 1 (b)
+ 20 V 15
−
a 20 8 6
b 18
(a) 30
6A 60 15 48 15

b 10
10 18
( c)

Source transformation: We can see that across the terminals a – b, the two
circuits shown below are identical. From the current source parameters ( 𝐼𝐼𝑆𝑆 and 𝑅𝑅𝐼𝐼 )
we can get the voltage source parameters ( 𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 and 𝑅𝑅𝑉𝑉 ) as: 𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 = 𝐼𝐼𝑆𝑆 𝑅𝑅𝐼𝐼 and 𝑅𝑅𝑉𝑉 = 𝑅𝑅𝐼𝐼 .
Similarly, we can get details of the current source circuit ( 𝐼𝐼𝑆𝑆 and 𝑅𝑅𝐼𝐼 ) from the voltage
𝑉𝑉
source circuit parameters ( 𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 and 𝑅𝑅𝑉𝑉 ) as: 𝐼𝐼𝑆𝑆 = 𝑆𝑆 and 𝑅𝑅𝐼𝐼 = 𝑅𝑅𝑉𝑉 . We can replace one
𝑅𝑅𝑉𝑉
circuit by the other without altering the performance of the circuit in any way. We
can derive these using the short circuit current and open circuit voltage.

a a
RV
Is +
RI VS
-
b b
10. Using source transformation, find the current io in the 5 kΩ resistor in the circuit of Fig
P10. Further, determine the power delivered by the 75 V source.
15 k 7k 15 k
io v1 v2
+ 30 k 100 k 5k 14
75 V
-
4 mA 4A 10 3 A 4

8k

Figure P10 Figure P11

11. Use the node-voltage method to find v1 and v2 in the circuit shown in Fig P11.
12. Convert the two voltage sources in Figure P12 into equivalent current sources and use
the node-voltage method and determine the power in the 4 Ω resistor.

3 6
+ 3
3 4 − 12 V
+
12 V − 2 3
Figure P12

13. A resistive electric heater draws 1000 W from a 250-V source. How much power does
it take from a 208 V source? What is the value of the resistance of the heater?

14. A black box contains an ideal voltage source and an ideal current source connected in
series. What is the overall behaviour of this black box? That of a current source? Voltage
source? Or, both?
15. Given four 1 Ω, 0.5 W resistors, state how they must be connected to give an overall
resistance of (a) Ω, (b) 1 Ω (c) 1 Ω (d) 2 Ω, all four resistors MUST be used in each
case. Find the wattage of the resultant resistor in each case.
16. Use the superposition theorem to (i) Find currents I1, I2 and I3 in Figure P16(a),
(ii) find the current in the 8 Ω resistor in Figure P16(b) and (iii) Find the current in each
branch of the network shown in Figure P16(c).
I1 I2

I3
+ + 8.5 V + + 10 V + 2Ω
4.5 V 30 V 10 V
2Ω
0. 5Ω 8Ω
+
1Ω 2Ω 2Ω 1Ω 3Ω
4V

(a ) (b ) (c)

Figure P16

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