TUTORIAL – FOURIER SERIES

EET206 – ELECTRIC CIRCUIT II

1. Obtain the Fourier series expansion of the function in Fig. 1.

Figure 1
∞
8 1 𝑛𝜋
𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 𝑓(𝑡) = 2 ∑ 2 cos 𝑡
𝜋 𝜋 2
𝑛=𝑜𝑑𝑑

2. Obtain the trigonometric Fourier series for the voltage waveform shown in Fig. 2.

Figure 2
∞
8 4
𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 𝑓(𝑡) = ∑ ( 2 2 cos nπt + sin nπt) , 𝑛 = 2𝑘 − 1
𝑛 𝜋 𝑛𝜋
𝑘=1

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3. If the square wave shown in Fig. 3(a) is applied to the circuit in Fig. 3(b), find the
Fourier series for vo(t).

Figure 3
∞
2
𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 𝑣0 (𝑡) = 0 + ∑ cos (nπt − tan−1 nπ) , 𝑛 = 2𝑘 − 1
𝑘=1
√1 + 𝑛2 𝜋 2

4. The voltage across the terminals of a circuit is

v(t) = 30 + 20 cos (60 t + 45) + 10 cos (60 t - 45) V

If the current entering the terminal at higher potential is

i(t) = 6 + 4 cos (60 t + 10) - 2 cos (120 t - 60) A

find:
a) the rms value of the voltage,
b) the rms value of the current,
c) the average power absorbed by the circuit.

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 𝑎) 33.91𝑉 , 𝑏)6.782𝐴 , 𝑐)203.1𝑊

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5. The voltage and current through an element are respectively

v(t) = 30 cos (t + 35) + 4 cos(3t - 10) V

i(t) = 2 cos t + cos(2t – 10) A

find the average power delivered to the element.

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 30.73𝑊

6. For the circuit in Fig. 4,

i(t) = 20 + 16 cos (10t +45) + 12 cos (20t -60) mA

a) find v(t), and

b) calculate the average power supplied to the circuit.

Figure 4

𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟:
𝑎) 𝑣(𝑡) = 40 + 14.34 cos(𝑡 − 18.43°) + 5.82 cos(𝑡 − 136°) 𝑚𝑉
𝑏)0.852𝑊