Subject: Electrical Engineering

Tutorial 5

Solve the following using Nodal Analysis Method:

1. Find the voltage across the 20kΩ resistor using Nodal Analysis Method (Figure 16). [Ans: 22.17V]
1m A
10A

3Ω 6Ω 12Ω

+ V1 - + V2 -
20kΩ
240V
- v =? + 30Ω 60V

10kΩ 50kΩ
3m A

Figure 18
Figure 16 Figure 19
Figure 17

2. Determine the V1 and V2. Also determine the current flowing through 30 Ω resistor (Figure 17). [Ans:
V1=58.54V and V2=64.39V]
3. Determine the Va, Vb and Vc (Figure 18). [Ans: Va=5.235V, Vb=5.118V and Vc=11.47V]

2Ω
12V

Vb Vc
Va 4Ω 2Ω Vb
1Ω Va Vc

3Ω 8A
3A 5Ω
7A 5A 5Ω
5Ω 2.5Ω
3A

Figure 18
Figure 19

4. Determine the Va, Vb, Vc (Figure 19). [Ans: Va=14.15V, Vb=21.54V and Vc=2.15V]
5. Determine the voltage at each node for the circuit shown (Figure 21). [Ans: From left 8.06V, 10.2V,
3.07V]
6. Determine the current in 5 Ω resistor for the circuit shown (Figure 22). [Ans: 3.68A]
7. Find the voltage VS in the circuit shown which makes the current in the 10 Ω resistor to be zero
(Figure 23). [Ans: 52.06V]
8. Find the power dissipated in 6 Ω resistor of the
circuit shown (Figure 24). [Ans: 11.692 W] 3Ω
9. Determine the power dissipated by 5Ω resistor
10Ω 3Ω 2Ω
(Figure 25). [Ans: 65.52W]
10. Using super-node analysis, calculate the
voltage across the 10Ω resistor (figure 27). 10V 5Ω 5A 1Ω 6Ω
[Ans: 96V]

Figure 21
 11. Find the power loss in the resistors of the network shown in figure 28. [Ans: 29.18W, 59.62W, 2.67W
and 29.76W]
12. Using the nodal method, determine the current in the individual resistors. [Ans: 5.2A, 0.4A, 4.8A,
4.2A, 3.8A]
13. Find the voltage across the terminals ‘C’ and ‘D’ using nodal analysis (Figure 30). [Ans: 3.81V]
12V

2Ω 20V
+
V 10Ω 20Ω
6A _ 9A

5Ω
3Ω
Figure 27
1Ω 2Ω
10A
3Ω 10Ω 7Ω
10V

Figure 22
2Ω 5Ω 50V
Vs

Figure 23

5A

3Ω 1Ω 2Ω
20V A
6Ω
`
6Ω 8Ω
4Ω
3Ω
3A 5Ω
20V
12Ω B
5A 5Ω 40V C
6Ω
2A 20Ω 10Ω
4Ω
Figure
Figure 22 24 D
Figure 25
Figure 30

1Ω

10V 10Ω 15Ω 10Ω

1/2Ω

1/2Ω 1Ω 100V 10Ω 80V

2A 10Ω
4A

Figure 28 Figure 29