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Super Nodal Analysis and Mesh Analysis

This document summarizes the key steps in supernode analysis and mesh analysis techniques for solving circuit problems. It outlines the 7 steps in supernode analysis which include picking a reference node, labeling voltages, forming supernodes around voltage sources, using Kirchoff's current law, relating voltages to currents using Ohm's law, solving for node voltages, and calculating currents. It also outlines the process for mesh analysis which involves identifying planar circuits, counting meshes, labeling mesh currents, writing Kirchoff's voltage law equations, expressing unknowns in terms of mesh currents, organizing and solving the system of equations. Examples are provided to demonstrate applying these techniques.

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Super Nodal Analysis and Mesh Analysis

This document summarizes the key steps in supernode analysis and mesh analysis techniques for solving circuit problems. It outlines the 7 steps in supernode analysis which include picking a reference node, labeling voltages, forming supernodes around voltage sources, using Kirchoff's current law, relating voltages to currents using Ohm's law, solving for node voltages, and calculating currents. It also outlines the process for mesh analysis which involves identifying planar circuits, counting meshes, labeling mesh currents, writing Kirchoff's voltage law equations, expressing unknowns in terms of mesh currents, organizing and solving the system of equations. Examples are provided to demonstrate applying these techniques.

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Super Nodal Analysis and

Mesh Analysis
Lec. Hamza Asif
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
National University of Sciences and Technology

EE-103 Electrical Engineering


Reminder:
• Steps in Supernode Analysis
• Pick one node as a reference node
• Label the voltage at the other nodes
• If the circuit contains voltage sources, form a supernode about each one.
• Use Kirchoff’s Current Law
• Use Ohm’s Law to relate the voltages at each node to the currents flowing in
and out of them.
• Solve for the node voltage
• Once the node voltages are known, calculate the currents.
Step 1
• Pick one node as a reference node
• Its voltage will be arbitrarily defined to be zero
Step 2
• Label the Voltages at the other nodes
Step 3
• If the circuit contains voltage sources, form a supernode about each
one.
Step 4
• Use Kirchoff’s Current Law at supernode a and b
Step 5
• Use Ohm’s Law to relate the voltages at each node to the currents
flowing in and out of them.
Step 6
• Solve for Node Voltages (We get Va=-12V and Vb=0V)
Step 7
• Solve for Currents
Example 2
• Solve the Following
Example 3
• Solve the Following
Mesh Analysis
• Another method of Network analysis is the Mesh Analysis. Steps are
as follows:
• Identify if the circuit is a planar circuit
• Count number of meshes. Redraw the circuit if necessary
• Label each of the mesh currents
• Write the Kirchoff’s Voltage Law equation around each mesh
• Express any additional unknowns such as voltages or currents other than
mesh currents in terms of appropriate mesh currents
• Organize the equations and solve the system of equations for mesh currents
Step 1
• Identify if the circuit is a planar circuit. Planar circuits are circuits that
can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing each other.
Step 2
• Count number of meshes. Redraw the circuit if necessary
• Meshes:2
Step 3
• Label Mesh Currents
Step 4
• Write the Kirchoff’s Voltage Law equation around each mesh

• KVL on loop 1:
• -42+6i1+3(i1-i2)=0

• KVL on loop 2:
• -3(i1-i2)+4i2-10=0
Step 5
• Organize the equations and solve the system of equations for mesh
currents
• KVL on loop 1:
• -42+6i1+3(i1-i2)=0 -----(1)
• KVL on loop 2:
• -3(i1-i2)+4i2-10=0 -----(2)
• After solving,
• I1=6A
• I2=4A
What we studied so far…

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