| TEXT: | Fundamentals Of Electric Circuits, 3th Edition, C. K. Alexander, Matthew Sadiku: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2004 ISBN 0-07-297718-3 |
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| INSTRUCTOR: | Walter L. Green, Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering, FH 503, Ph. 974-5438 | ||
| COURSE WEB SITE: | http://www.ece.utk.edu/~green | email:wlg@utk.edu | |
| DATE | SECTION OF TEXT | MATERIAL |
|---|---|---|
| Aug - 23 - Tr | Ch. 1:BASIC CONCEPTS pp 04 21 | Course overview, system of units, charge and current, voltage, power and energy,circuit elements |
| Aug - 28- T | Ch. 2: BASIC LAWS pp 28-43 | Ohm's Law, nodes, branches, loops, Kirchhoff's Laws, series resistor, voltage division |
| Aug - 30 - Tr | Ch. 2: pp 43 60 | Parallel resistors, current division, wye to delta and delta to wye transformations |
| Sept – 04 – T | Ch. 3: METHODS OF ANALYSIS pp 78 90 | Nodal analysis |
| Sept - 06 - Tr | Ch. 3: pp 90 104 | Mesh Analysis |
| Sept – 11- T | Ch. 3: Open | Further application of nodal and mesh Analysis |
| Sept – 13– Tr | ***** TEST #1 ***** | Chapters 1, 2, 3 |
| Sept – 18 – T | Ch. 4: CIRCUIT THEOREMS pp 126 - 137 | Review test #1, linearity & superposition |
| Sept - 20 - Tr | Ch. 4: pp 137 - 148 | Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theem |
| Sept - 25 - T | Ch. 4: pp 148 - 158 | Maximum power transfer, Applications |
| Sept - 27 - Tr | Ch. 5: OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS pp 174 188 | Fundamentals of operational amplifiers |
| Oct – 02– T | Ch. 6: CAPACITORS & INDUCTORS pp 212 222 | Continuation of Op Amps, Capacitors as physical devices |
| Oct – 04 – Tr | Ch. 6: pp 222 236 | Inductors as physical devices |
| Oct – 09 – T | ***** TEST # 2 ***** | Chapters 4, 5, 6 |
| Oct – 11 - Tr | ******* NO CLASS FALL BREAK ******* | |
| Oct – 16 - T | Ch. 7: FIRST-ORDER CIRCUITS Pp 250 261 | Review test #2, Source free RC & RL circuits |
| Oct – 18 - T | ******* NO CLASS ENGINEER’S DAY ******* | |
| Oct – 23 – T | Ch. 7: pp 261 273 | Singularity functions, step response of RC circuit |
| Oct – 25 - Tr | Ch. 7: pp 273 280 | RC and RL step response |
| Oct – 30 - T | Ch. 8: SECOND ORDER CIRCUITS Pp 310 322 |
Finding initial conditions, source free series step response |
| Nov - 01 - Tr | Ch. 8: pp 322 340 | source free RLC parallel circuit, step Response |
| Nov – 06 – T | Ch. 8: pp 330 340 | forced RLC RLC circuits |
| Nov – 08 - TR | Ch. 9: SINUSOIDS & PHASORS pp 370 392 | Sinusoids, phasors, impedance, admittance, Kirchhoff's laws in the frequency domain |
| Nov – 13 - T | Ch. 10: SINUSOIDAL STEADY STATE ANALYSIS pp 414-431 | AC circuits: mesh analysis, nodal analysis, Thevenin and Norton methods for AC ckts |
| Nov – 15 – Tr | ***** TEST # 3 ***** | Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Nov – 20 – T | Ch. 11: AC POWER ANALYSIS pp 458 470 | Review Test 3, instantaneous and average power, maximum power transfer for AC Circuits, effective or RMS values |
| Nov - 22- Tr | ******* NO CLASS THANKSGIVING ******* | |
| Nov – 27 – T | Ch. 11: pp 471 484 | Apparent power and power factor, complex power, conservation of power, Power factor correction |
| Nov – 29 – Tr | Ch. 13: MAGNETICALLY COUPLED CIRCUITS Pp 556 573 | Mutual inductance, energy in coupled circuits, linear transformers |
| Dec – 04 – T | Ch. 13: pp 573 584 | Ideal transformers |
| Final Exam: | The final exam will be Friday, December 07, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Ferris Hall 502 | |
| GRADING: | Your course grade will be determined using the following distribution. Grades are not curved. | |
A: 90 - 100
B+: 87 - 89
B: 80 - 86
C+: 77 - 79
C: 70 - 76
D: 60 - 69
F: below 60
Note: You are to use Engineering Paper for all homework and all exams. You are to write on one side only.
COURSE AVERAGE:
Percentage of course work assignment:
Test # 1 …………………………… 16 % (All exams are closed books and notes.)
Test # 2 …………………………… 16 %
Test # 3 …………………………… 16 %
Laboratory ………………………. 16 % (All lab experiments must be completed and a lab report
submitted on time. You must receive a grade of 70% or higher
for each lab as a necessary condition for passing the course.)
Project …………………………… 4 %
Homework ……………………….. 10 % (Late homework receives 0% credit.)
Attendance ……………………….. 1% (No more than two class absences allowed to receive this credit.)
Final Exam, Comprehensive ……..... 21 %
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100%
All exams will be graded by Professor Green. All homework and lab reports will be graded by a graduate assistant.
Office Hours:
Office hours are posted on my door: FH 503: Ph. 975-5438,
e-mail wlg@utk.edu