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EE111 Introduction to Electrical Systems

Assignment 03
Instructions:
1. This is an individual assignment.

2. Show all of your work.

3. Reading: Nilsson and Reidal Chapter 06

4. Due Date: 31/08/2018

ˆ Question 1: A triangular current pulse as shown in Fig.1 is applied to a 375 mH inductor.

Show all the calculations.

1. Write the expression that describes i(t) in the four intervals t < 0, 0 ≤ t ≤ 25 ms,
25 ms ≤ t ≤ 50 ms, t > 50 ms.
2. Derive the expressions for the inductor voltage, power and energy. Use the passive sign
convention.

Fig.1

ˆ Question 2: The current in a 20 mH inductor is known to be 7+(15sin140t - 35cos140t)e−20t

mA for t ≥ 0. Assume the passive sign convention.

1. At what instant of time is the voltage across inductor maximum?

2. What is the maximum voltage?

ˆ Question 3: The voltage at the terminals of the capacitor in Fig.2 is known to be

(
−30V, t ≤ 0,
v= −1000t
10 − 10e (4cos3000t + sin3000t)V t ≥ 0 .

Assume C = 0.5 µF.

 1. Find the current in the capacitor for t < 0.
2. Find the current in the capacitor for t > 0.
3. Is there any instantaneous change in the voltage across capacitor at t = 0?
4. Is there any instantaneous change in the current in the capacitor at t = 0?
5. How much energy (in µJ) is stored in the capacitor at t = ∞?

C
i
+ −
v

Fig.2

ˆ Question 4: The voltage across the terminals of 0.4 µF capacitor is

(
25V, t ≤ 0,
v= −1500t −1500t
A1 te + A2 e V t ≥ 0.

The initial current in the capacitor is 90 mA. Assume the passive sign convention.

1. What is the initial energy stored in the capacitor?

2. Evaluate the coefficients A1 and A2 .
3. What is the expression for the capacitor current.

ˆ Question 5: Assume that the initial energy stored in the inductors of Fig.3 is zero. Find
the equivalent inductance with respect to terminals a,b.

12 H 5H
a
H
10

80 H 6H 14 H
H
60

b
24 H 15.8 H

Fig.3

ˆ Question 6: Find the equivalent capacitance with respect to the terminals a,b as shown in
Fig.4.

ˆ Question 7: There is no energy stored in the circuit in Fig. 5 when the switch is opened at
t=0.

2
 8 nF 18 nF
a − + − +
30 V 15 V
+

12.8 nF 8 nF 30 V
nF
5.6 −
5V 32 nF
+ −
b − +
40 nF 10 V

Fig.4

1. Derive the differential equation that governs the behavior of i2 if L1 = 10 H, L2 = 40

H, M = 5 H and R0 = 90 Ω.
2. Show that when ig = 10e−t − 10 A, t ≥ 0, the differential equation derived above is
satisfied when i2 = e−t − 5e−2.25t A, t ≥ 0.
3. Find the expression for the voltage v1 across the current source.
4. What is the initial value of v1 ? Does this make sense in terms of known circuit behavior?

ig + M

v1 t L1 L2 R0
i2
−

Fig.5