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Circuit Theory I

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Course Unit Code430-2016/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
IVA10doc. Ing. Lubomír Ivánek, CSc.
ZAJ02Ing. Stanislav Zajaczek, Ph.D.
Summary
The course "Circuit theory I" deals with the analysis of the electrical circuits - the most typical structure in the electrical engineering. Electrical circuits knowledge are basic knowledge and they are a prerequisite for advanced circuit courses (electronic, measuring and control systems, electrical machines, etc.). The basic aim is to determine voltages and currents in the electrical circuit, and then identify (from these knowledge) the properties of the circuit or system. Theses: elementary models of electromagnetic effects, circuit analysis algorithms, transients in the linear circuits (the 1. order), experimental measurements (Associate professor Josef Punčochář).
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of education is give creative lessons in physical laws and principles to analysis of three-phase circuit, transient phenomena, two-port network, frequency response and distributed lines. After education student is able to calculated current, voltage, power and energy in circuit anyplace and then on the basis of them look on properties of electrical device. Student practices obtained knowledge and acquirements energetically.
Course Contents
Lectures:
- Organizational instructions, introduction to electrical engineering - basic terms, Definition of electrical quantities – resistivity, conductivity, OZ, KZ
- Sorting of circuit elements, method of gradual simplification, method of proportional quantities
- Real power sources, voltage, current and power matching, equivalence, voltage and current dividers
- Transfiguration triangle – star and vice versa
- Basic principles of solving circuits
- Topology of circuits
- Loop current method (MSP)
- Method of nodal stresses (MUN)
- Magnetic circuits
- Dielectric circuits
- AC circuits in harmonic steady state
- Symbolic method of analysis of linear circuits in harmonic steady state
- Classification test, consultation

Exercises:
- Units and their dimensions, calculation of resistance from material parameters and geometric dimensions
- Verification of OZ, KZ,
- Sorting of circuit elements, method of gradual simplification, sorting of sources, voltage and current dividers
- 1. Laboratory task - loaded and unloaded voltage divider, Test 1
- Transfiguration triangle – star and vice versa, principle of superposition
- Thévenin and Norton theorem
- 2. Laboratory task - verification of the theorem about the substitute source Test 2
- Loop current method (MSP)
- Method of nodal stresses (MUN)
- Solution of Magnetic and dielectric circuits
- Amplitude, effective value, phasor, complexor
- 3. Laboratory taskt - frequency characteristics of circuit elements, Test 3
- Consultation


Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Mikulec, M.: Basic Circuit Theory I.,ČVUT 1995
Mikulec, M., Havlíček, V.: Basic Circuit Theory II.ČVUT 1996

Mikulec, M., Havlíček,V.: Základy teorie elektrických obvodů I., II. ČVUT Praha 2004
Kijonka, J. a kol.: Studijní opory předmětu Teorie obvodů I. VŠB TU Ostrava, 2006

Recommended Reading:
Havlíček, V.-Čmejla, R.: Basic Circuit Theory I. (Exercises ), ČVUT 1996
Huelsman, P.L.: Basic Circuit Theory. Prentice-Hall International, 1991, ISBN 0-13-063157-4
Mayer, D.: Úvod do teorie elektrických obvodů. Celostátní učebnice SNTL/ALFA Praha 1998
Mikulec, M.: Basic Circuit Theory I.,ČVUT 1995
Mikulec, M., Havlíček, V.: Basic Circuit Theory II.ČVUT 1996
Havlíček, V.-Čmejla, R.: Basic Circuit Theory I. (Exercises ), ČVUT 1996
Huelsman, P.L.: Basic Circuit Theory. Prentice-Hall International, 1991, ISBN 0-13-063157-4
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 (100)51
        Zápočtový testWritten test40 5
        Body ze cvičeníOther task type60 11