Learning objectives
This course aims at providing to non-electrical student basic knowledge of electric circuits and of their applications, in order to enhance the technical background of a future engineer.
Course unit content
Two-pole systems in D.C.: resistors, voltage and current sources, power analysis.
Electrical circuit analysis in D.C.: Millman's theorem, node and mesh methods, effect superposition, Thevenin's and Nothon's theorems.
Capacitors and inductors.
Lumped parameter circuits. Power analysis of capacitors and inductors.
Transient circuit analysis. Time domain solution.
AC circuit analysis: the Steinmetz transform.
AC power analysis. Power factor correction. Resonance.
Three phase systems. Delta and wye connections.
Bibliography
G. Fabricatore, "Elettrotecnica e applicazioni", Liguori editore.