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Electrical Circuits

Course Code :
EPR 266
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
4.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Instructor information :

Title:Lecturer
Name: Mohamed Abdallah Mahmoud Shaheen
Office hours:-Hours

Title:Teaching Assistant
Name: Abeer Tharwat Said Awad
Office hours:-Hours

Area of Study :

• Develop the students' knowledge about the fundamentals and main components of electrical circuits. • Prepare students to analyze DC electrical circuits using different techniques and theorems. • Develop the students' knowledge about the characteristics of inductance and capacitance. • Prepare students to analyze AC electrical circuits using different techniques and theorems. • Prepare students to analyze steady state power in AC circuits and three phase systems. • Develop student's practical skills on testing electrical circuits.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

combinations, voltage and current division. Techniques of solving DC electric circuits: nodal analysis and mesh analysis. Theorems: superposition, Thévenin’s theorem, and maximum power transfer. AC sinusoidal sources, time domain and frequency (phasor) domain, voltages and currents phasor diagrams, inductance and capacitance: voltage and current relationships, impedance and admittance, Techniques of solving AC electric circuits: nodal and mesh analysis. Theorems: superposition, and Thévenin’s theorem. Steady state power analysis: Real Power, complex power, and power measurement. Three phase circuits; connections: Y-Y, Y-delta, delta-Y, delta-delta, and power measurements.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	a1. Describe the fundamentals and main components of electrical circuits including Ohm's law, Kirchhoff’s laws, resistance and source combinations, and voltage and current division.
2-	a2. Illustrate techniques of electrical circuits including nodal and mesh analysis and source transformation
3-	a3. Describe theorems for solving electrical circuits including superposition, and Thévenin’s theorem.
4-	a4. Illustrate the characteristics of inductance and capacitance.
5-	a5. Illustrate techniques and theorems of solving AC electric circuits.
6-	a6. Describe steady state power in AC circuits.
7-	a7. Compare between different schemes of three phase systems.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	b1. Apply basic laws for solving simple electric circuits.
2-	b2. Apply different techniques for solving DC electric circuits.
3-	b3. Apply different theorems for solving DC electric circuits.
4-	b6. Analyze steady state power in AC circuits and different schemes of three phase systems.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	c1. Applying basic laws on simple circuits in the lab.
2-	c2. Applying theorems for solving simple circuits in the lab.
3-	c3. Practice basic experiments on 3-phase circuits.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	d1. Work coherently and successfully as a part of a team in the Lab.
2-	d2. Communicate effectively.
3-	d3. Manage tasks, time, and resources effectively.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Basic concepts, components of Electric Circuits, basic laws.	5	3	2
Resistors in Parallel, Voltage Divider, Current Divider, and Delta-Way Transformation	5	3	2
Techniques of DC circuit analysis.	10	6	4
Theorems of DC circuit analysis.	10	6	4
AC sinusoidal sources, Time domain and frequency domain	5	3	2
Inductance and Capacitance	5	3	2
Phasor and impedance	5	3	2
Techniques and Theorems of AC circuit analysis	10	6	2
Steady state power analysis for AC circuits.	10	6	2
Three phase circuits.	10	6	2

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Interactive Lecturing
Problem solving
Experiential learning

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment	Relative weight %	Week No.	Assess What
Final exam	40.00
In Class Quizzes	10.00
Mid-Term exams	30.00
Participations	10.00
Performance and Lab	10.00

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical Circuits

Books:

Book	Author	Publisher

Recommended books :

James W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel, “Electric Circuits”, 9th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.Lecture notes on the course Moodle page, FUE website. Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku, “Fundamental of Electric Circuits,” 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2013.