QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS:

1. What is a mesh current?

Lat, Dheya Kristalyn

Answer: A mesh current is a current that flows around a mesh or a planar

circuit. If follows the principles of Mesh analysis and usually, the flow of mesh
currents is assumed to be in the same direction.

2. What does a negative mesh current imply?

Lat, Dheya Kristalyn

Answer: A negative mesh current implies that the assumed direction of

current is wrong and that the original flow is opposite of the assumed
direction.

3. What technique is employed if (a) a current source appears on the periphery

of only one mesh in a given mesh circuit? (b) a current source is common to
two meshes of a given mesh circuit?
Lat, Dheya Kristalyn

Answer: (a) The technique of elimination is applied. Wherein, you write the
voltage equation for the given circuit and apply elimination to solve the
current.
(b) Since the current is common to two meshes, it will be called a super
mesh. And to solve this, the total current is the sum of the individual
currents in this circuit.

4. How many node equations are obtained from an N number of nodes present
on a given circuit?
Cementina, John Rhoel

Answer: The number of node equations is equal to the total number of nodes
present on a given circuit minus 1. Mathematically it can be expressed as,
Node Equations=N−1

5. What technique is employed if (a) a voltage source appears connected to a

given node and a reference node (ground) in a given nodal circuit? (b) a
voltage source lies between two given nodes of a given nodal circuit?
Lat, Dheya Kristalyn
 Answer: (a) If a voltage source appears connected to a given node and a
reference node (ground) in a given nodal circuit, the voltage source is equal
to the voltage at the given node.
(b) Since the voltage is shared by two nodes, this will be called a super node.
In solving super nodes, the sum of the voltages at each node will be treated
as one and will be equal to the voltage source.

6. What basic laws are the underlying principles of Mesh Analysis and Nodal
Analysis?
Cementina, John Rhoel

Answer: Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s law are the fundamental principles of
mesh analysis and nodal analysis. Kirchhoff’s law has two basic laws namely
Kirchhoff’s current law and Kirchhoff’s voltage law. Kirchhoff’s current law is
used in nodal analysis while Kirchhoff’s voltage law is used in mesh analysis.
Ohm’s law, on the other hand, is used to write currents in terms of the node
voltages in the circuit for nodal analysis and to represent voltages in terms of
mesh currents in the circuit for mesh analysis.

7. Determine the mesh current IX shown in the figure below.

Cementina, John Rhoel

Answer:
8. Determine the mesh currents in the figure below.
Lat, Dheya Kristalyn

Answer:
Mesh 1
10 V −5 V = ( 2Ω ) I 3+ (2 Ω ) ( I 1−I x )=( 4 Ω ) ( I 1 ) −( 2Ω ) I 2
Super Mesh (Combination of Mesh 2 and Mesh 3)
5 V =( 10 Ω ) I x + ( 2Ω ) ( I x −I 1 ) + ( 10 Ω ) I 3 + ( 4 Ω ) I x
5 V =( 16 Ω ) I x −( 2 Ω ) ( I 1 ) + ( 10 Ω ) I 3
Since I 3−I 2=3 V x and V x =( 2Ω ) ( I 1−I x )
I 3−I 2=3 ¿)
I 3−I 2=( 6 Ω I 1 −6 Ω I x )
( 5 Ω ) I x −( 6 Ω ) ( I 1 ) + I 3=0
I1 = 8A, I2 = 13.50A, and I3 = -19.5A

9. Determine the node voltages in the circuit below.

Reyes, Carl Samuel

Answer:

The four nodes at the bottom part of the circuit may be illustrated as
one node, we set it as our reference node (VR).
 Left most Node:
−8 A−3 A=( 3 mhos ) ( V 1−V 2 ) + ( 4 mhos ) ( V 1−V 3 )
−11=7 V 1−3 V 2−4 V 3

Middle Node
3 A= (3 mhos ) ( V 2 −V 1 )+ ( 2mhos ) ( V 2−V 3 )+ V 2
3=6 V 2−3 V 1−2 V 3

Node 3
25 A= ( 2mhos ) ( V 3−V 2) + ( 4 mhos ) ( V 3−V 1) + 5V 3
25=11 V 3−2 V 2−4 V 1

V 1=1.00 V
V 2=2.00 V
V 3=3.00 V

10. Determine the node voltages in the circuit below.

Cementina, John Rhoel

Answer:

Since we have a voltage source shared by two nodes, we thus have to

combine node 2 and 3

Node 1
−8 A−3 A=( 3 mhos ) ( V 1−V 2 ) + ( 4 mhos ) ( V 1−V 3 )
−11=7 V 1−3 V 2−4 V 3
Combination of nodes 2 and 3
25 A+3 A=( 3 mhos ) ( V 2 −V 1 ) + ( 4 mhos ) ( V 3 −V 1 ) +(1 mho)(V 2)+(5 mhos)(V 3 )
28 A=9 V 3−7 V 1 +4 V 2

Ix
We can say that V 3−V 2=
2
Since I x =(4 mhos)(V 1 −V 3)
Therefore,

2 V 1+V 2−3 V 3=0

V 1=1.71 V
V 2=4.25V
V 3=2.55 V