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Electrical circuit 1
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Md. Ariful Islam
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Basic Laws of Electric Circuits

Mesh Analysis

Lesson 7

Basic Circuits
Mesh Analysis: Basic Concepts:

In formulating mesh analysis we assign a mesh

current to each mesh.

Mesh currents are sort of fictitious in that a particular

mesh current does not define the current in each branch
of the mesh to which it is assigned.

I1

I2

I3

Basic Circuits
Mesh Analysis: Basic Concepts:
+

+
_

I1

L 1

+
x

I2

Figure 7.2: A circuit for illustrating mesh analysis.

Around mesh 1:

V1 VL1 V A

where V1 I1 R1 ; VL1 I1 I 2 RX
so, ( R1 RX ) I1 RX I 2 V A

Eq 7.1

Basic Circuits
Mesh Analysis: Example 7.1.
Write the mesh equations and solve for the currents I 1, and I2.
4

10V

+
_

I1

2
7

6
2V

+
_

I2

_
+

20V

Figure 7.2: Circuit for Example 7.1.

Mesh 1
Mesh 2

4I1 + 6(I1 I2) = 10 - 2

6(I2 I1) + 2I2 + 7I2 = 2 + 20

Eq (7.9)
Eq (7.10)

Basic Circuits
Mesh Analysis: Example 7.1, continued.
Simplifying Eq (7.9) and (7.10) gives,
10I1 6I2 = 8

Eq (7.11)

-6I1 + 15I2 = 22

Eq (7.12)

I1 = 2.2105
I2 = 2.3509

circuits

End of Lesson
Mesh Analysis