EE103: Electrical Engineering

Lecture 13 &14: Mesh Analysis

ChE15 A&B, Spring 2024

By Arooj Nawaz,
Lecturer

arooj.nawaz.@seecs.edu.pk

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 This week’s topics..
▪ Nodal Analysis
▪ Mesh Analysis
▪ Problem Solving
 Review of Circuit Analysis Techniques

• We learned
– Ohm’s Law
– Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
– Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)
– Series Resistors
– Parallel Resistors
• Discussed mostly simple problems.
• Practical problems are much more complex
and not limited to single node pair.

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 Advanced Circuit Analysis Techniques

• Two main techniques used widely

– Nodal Analysis
– Mesh Analysis

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 Nodal Analysis (Flaws)

• Problems with Nodal Analysis

– Number of equations increase with number of nodes
– For N nodes there are N-1 equations
• We need viable solution for large node circuit.

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 Mesh Analysis

• A technique of analyzing circuits using mesh

currents.
• Using Mesh Currents instead of element currents
reduces the number of equations and helps us solve
the problems quickly.
• Nodal analysis applies KCL to find unknown voltages
in a given circuit, while mesh analysis applies KVL to
find unknown currents.

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 What is a Mesh?
• A mesh is a loop that does not contain any
other loop within it. (Independent Loop)

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 Steps for Mesh Analysis
Steps:
1. Identify number of meshes.
2. Assign a current in each mesh in an arbitrary direction.
3. Show polarities according to the assigned direction of
current in each mesh.
4. Apply KVL around each mesh.
5. Solve the resulting equations for the mesh currents.

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 Mesh Analysis
Example -1
Q. Solve the following using Mesh Analysis
+ - + -

+
𝐼𝐴
𝐼𝐵
-

Step-1: Identify number of meshes

Step-2: Assign current in each mesh.
Step-3: Show polarities according to assigned direction of current in each mesh.

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 Mesh Analysis
Step-4: Apply KVL around each mesh
KVL at Mesh-A

KVL at Mesh-B

+ - + -

+
𝐼𝐴
𝐼𝐵
-

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 Mesh Analysis
Example -2
Determine Power Supplied by 2 V source

Answer= -2.4742W

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 Mesh Analysis (Flaws)
• It works only for Planar Circuit
– Those circuits which can be drawn on a plane surface in such a way
that no branch passes over or under any branch. (in one plane, could
be drawn in 2-D only)

Planar NonPlanar Planar

Figure (a) is Planar
and (b) is
Nonplanar
Figure (c) looks like
Nonplanar, but it’s
a Planar 12
 Take Home Tasks
• Please go through the following tasks available at the end of Chapter 9:

➢ Summary

➢ Key Terms

➢ Self-Test

➢ Problems

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 Next Week..
▪ More Problems of Nodal and Mesh Analysis.
▪ Introduction to AC Circuits.