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Program: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Semester: II

Subject: EE-121 (Linear Circuit Analysis) Date:

Lab No 11: MESH ANALYSIS

Objectives:
 The objective is to perform Mesh Analysis for the dc circuit by experimental methods

Name: Muhammad Saad Roll No: BEE-FA19-010

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THEORY:
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In mesh analysis, KVL is applied with mesh currents, which are currents
assigned to meshes, andk, preferably referenced to flow clockwise, as shown in Figure.
KVL is applied to each mesh, one at a time, using the fact that in the direction of a current I.
the voltage drop across a resistor is IR. The voltage drops across the resistors taken in the
direction of the mesh currents are set equal to the voltage rises across the voltage sources. 

As an illustration, in the circuit shown in Figure,  around mesh 1 the drops across resistors
R1 and R3 , are I1R1 , and (I1-I2) R3 , respectively, the latter because the current through R
, in the direction of I , is I1 – I2. The total voltage rise from voltage sources is V, - V,, in
which V3 has a negative sign because it is a voltage drop. So, the mesh equation for mesh 1
is;

It is easier to write mesh equations using self-resistances and mutual resistances than it is to
directly apply KVL. Doing this for mesh 2 results in

This “look-see” method of circuit analysis is probably the best of all the circuit analysis
methods with the basic procedure for solving Mesh Current Analysis equations is as
follows:
Label all the internal loops with circulating currents. (I1, I2, …IL etc)
Write the [ L x 1 ] column matrix [ V ] giving the sum of all voltage sources in each
loop.
Write the [ L x L ] matrix, [ R ] for all the resistances in the circuit as follows:

 R11 = the total resistance in the first loop.

 Rnn = the total resistance in the Nth loop.

 RJK = the resistance which directly joins loop J to Loop K.
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 Write the matrix or vector equation [V]  =  [R] x [I] where [I] is the list

of currents to be found.
As well as using Mesh Current Analysis, we can also use node analysis to calculate the
voltages around the loops, again reducing the amount of mathematics required using just
Kirchoff’s laws. In the next tutorial relating to DC circuit theory, we will look at Nodal
Voltage Analysis to do just that.

MATHEMATICAL MODELING:

Don’t have any mathematical modeling

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

SIMULATION MODELING:
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APPARATUS/COMPONENTS REQUIRED:

 BASIC TRAINER (DEV-2769) 

 DC Power Supply 
 Multi-meter 
 Resistors
 Connecting wires

PROCEDURE:

 Connect the circuit according to circuit diagram.

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 Set the Dc supply to 5V by using DMM. Pick the resistances having

values 1.2kΩ, 2.2kΩ, 330Ω, and 100Ω.Also verify their resistance by using DMM.
 Measure the Current across each Mesh with DMM and record it in the Table.
 Calculate the current across each Mesh using loop equations and verify the results.

OBSERVATIONS & READINGS:

SERIAL MESH 1 (I1) MESH 2 (I2)

PRACTICAL
CALCULATED

CALCULATIONS:

PRECAUTIONS:

 Pay full attention in lab.

 Handle the trainer and multi-meter properly.
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 Insert the components properly in breadboard.

 Do not disassemble your circuit until your Instructor has been signed off as complete.
 After completion of the lab, switch off the power supply and return the apparatus.

CONCLUSIONS:
In this lab, we have learnt about MESH analysis and also went for some
experiments.