Course Outline:

Electrical Elements and Circuits:

Energy and Energy transfer, Electric charge, electric current, potential difference & voltage,
Electric power & energy, Electric circuits, sources, resistance, specific resistance
temperature coefficient of resistance, Ohm’s law, Fundamental circuit laws, Kirchoff’s laws,
Direct applications of fundamental laws to simple resistive networks, Introduction to node
voltage and loop current methods.
Capacitance:
Permittivity expression for capacitance, Charging and discharging, series and parallel
connection of capacitors.
D.C. Machines Fundamentals:
Simple linear machine. A loop rotating between pole faces. Communication. Armature
construction. Armature reaction. Induced voltage and torque equation. Construction.
Power flow and losses. D.C. Generators: Equivalent circuit Magnetization curve. Separately
existed; shunt, series and compounded generators. Parallel operation.
D.C. Motors:
Equivalent circuit. Separately excited; Shunt, permanent magnet, series and compounded
motors.
Speed control of DC motors:
Starters, speed control methods for series, shunt and compound motors, series parallel
control for traction motor, multi-voltage control, plugging, dynamic braking, testing
efficiency and temperature rise of armature, commutator and field winding, Efficiency.
Magnetic Circuits and Transformer:
Magnetic effects of electric current, force produced on current carrying conductor placed in
magnetic field LHR, electromagnetic induction, magnitude and direction of induced EMF,
Lenz’slaw. Magnetic circuit concepts, Magnetization curves, Characteristics of magnetic
materials, Magnetic circuits with DC excitation, Induced voltages, Self-inductance,
inductance of long solenoid Mutual Inductance. Magnetic circuits with AC excitation,
Hysteresis and eddy current losses, Introduction to transformer, the ideal transformer
E.M.F equation

Recommended Books
 William H. Hayt, Jack Kemmerly and Steven M. Durbin, “Engineering Circuit Analysis,”
Seventh Edition, 2006, McGrawHill.
 J. David Irwin and Robert M. Nelms, “Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis,” Eighth Edition,
2006, John Wiley & Sons.
 Robert L. Boylestad, “Introductory Circuit Analysis,” Eleventh Edition, 2004, Prentice
Hall.

Teaching Methodology
Lecturing
Written Assignments
Assessment
Quizzes
Assignments
Mid Term Exam
Final Term Exam