LABORATORY EXERCISE NO.

8
Mesh and Nodal Analysis
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this laboratory exercise, the students are expected to be:
1. Aware of the characteristics of a combinational (series-parallel)
circuit;
2. Solve for the current and voltage using mesh and nodal analysis;
3. Apply ohm’s law in a mesh and nodal analysis.
4.
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:

Quantity Materials/Equipment

1 set Adjustable DC Power Supply

1 unit Multi-tester

1 pc. 1 KΩ resistor

1 pc. 2 KΩ resistors

1 pc. 4 KΩ resistors

1 set Breadboard

1 set Connecting Wires

Introduction:
The laws that determine the voltage and current drops are ohm’s
law, the laws for resistors in series and parallel, and Kirchoff’s law.
In addition, there are numbers of circuit theorems which have been
developed for solving electrical theorems. These are superposition
theorem, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, and the maximum power
transfer theorem.

Discussion:

Any network of circuit elements is composed of some mixture of series

and parallel combinations. To analyze the network, circuit branches are
sequentially aggregated from the bottom up as series or parallel
combinations, up to the desired scale.

Procedures:
1. Perform Figure 1 and measure the current across every load.
2. Verify the recorded current with the computed current using mesh and
nodal analysis in table 1.
3. Perform Figure 2 and measure the current across every load.
4. Verify the recorded current with the computed current using mesh and
nodal analysis theorem in table 2.

Figure 1
 FIGURE 2
Discussion of Results:

1. Write the measured parameters in Table 1 for Figure 1.

Table 1. Measured parameters

Resistor
No. Resistance Measured Computed

1 2 kΩ
2 1 kΩ

3 4 kΩ

Computation:
 2. Write the measured parameters in Table 2 for Figure 2.

Table 2. Measured parameters

Resistor
No. Resistance Measured Computed

1 3 kΩ

2 18 kΩ

3 2 kΩ

Computation:

Conclusion:
Problems/Exercises:
1. Solve for the individual currents of the given system using mesh and
nodal analysis

2. Solve for the individual currents of the given system using mesh and
nodal analysis