431-210 Networks 2

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On completion of this subject students should:

• be able to implement techniques for the analysis of simple resistive networks;

• be able to carry out AC analyses of RLC networks;

• become familiar with circuit reduction methods;

• be able to analyse circuits with controlled sources and mutual inductances;

• have gained an appreciation for some of the applications of network modelling;

• understand the concepts behind frequency and Laplace domain analyses;

• understand the concepts of complex frequency and transfer functions;

• be able to analyse transient behaviour in linear networks.

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Analysis of lumped component, time invariant and linear DC and AC networks. Network theorems for circuit analysis. Sinusoidal steady state analysis. Power in AC circuits. Controlled sources. Mutual inductance, transformers. Transient response of electrical networks, use of the Laplace transform. Transfer function representation of circuits, solution of circuit dynamic equations. Time domain and frequency domain description of system behaviour. Bode plots.

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