EXPERIMENT 7- SUPERPOSITION THEOREM

OBJECTIVES:

1. TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE ACTIVE LINEAR SOURCE IN A NETWORK.

2. TO VERIFY THAT THE TOTAL RESPONSE IN A LINEAR NETWORK IS GIVEN BY THE ALGEBRAIC SUM
OF ALL INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES CREATED BY EACH SOURE ACTING ALONE.
3. TO ILLUSTRATE PRINCIPLE OF LINEARITY.

REFER TO THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM BELOW.

FOR EACH GROUP, REFER TO THE TABLE BELOW FOR THE VALUE OF THE RESISTORS

GROUP NO. R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 11_ 9_ 15_ 4_ 13_
2 9_ 10_ 21_ 7_ 12_
3 18_ 5_ 15_ 9_ 20_
4 7_ 3_ 18_ 10_ 21_
NOTE: FOR THE LAST DIGIT OF RESISTORS, USE THE LAST DIGIT OF YOUR STUDENT NUMBER.

FOR THE VOLTAGE SOURCES, SET VS1= 13V AND VS2= 23V

FOR MEASURED VALUES,

1. USING TINA PRO, SIMULATE FIGURE 7.1. RECORD ALL THE METER READINGS IN TABLE 7.1 (ON-
ON).
 2. NEXT, FOLLOW FIGURE 7.2 WHERE ONLY VS1=13V IS ACTING ALONE AND VS2=23 V IS REPLACED
WITH A SHORT CIRCUIT. RECORD ALL THE METER READINGS IN TABLE 7.1 (ON-OFF).

3. NEXT, FOLLOW FIGURE 7.3, WHERE ONLY VS2=23V IS ACTING ALONE AND VS1=13V IS REPLACED
WITH A SHORT CIRCUIT. RECORD ALL THE METER READINGS IN TABLE 7.1 (OFF-ON).

FOR CALCULATED VALUES, USE THE FORMULA BELOW,

I1= I1’ + I1’’

I2= I2’ + I2’’
I3= I3’ + I3’’
V1=V1’ + V1’’
V2= V2’ + V2’’
V3= V3’ + V3’’
V4= V4’ + V4’’
V5= V5’ + V5’’
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EXPERIMENT 7

NAME AND SIGNATURE:

STUDENT NUMBER:

TABLE 7.1
RESISTANCES R1 R2 R3 R4 R5

MEASURED 24V 18V V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 I1 I2 I3

VALUES ON ON
ON OFF V1’ V2’ V3’ V4’ V5’ I1’ I2’ I3’

OFF ON V1’’ V2’’ V3’’ V4’’ V5’’ I1’’ I2’’ I3’’

CALCULATED ON ON V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 I1 I2 I3
VALUES