Bachelors in mechanical

engineering
Electrical Engineering lab

Group members:
❖ Daud Iqbal
❖ Muhammad Asad ur Rehman
❖ Muhammad Bilal Anwar

Class: ME-09 C

Topic: Mesh Analysis

Date: 23rd April,2019

Semester: 4th

Submitted to: Sir Faisal Mehmood

 Definition:
The techniques of mesh analysis to analyze circuit is useful to find currents (indirectly voltages)
through different components in a planar circuit. A planar circuit is a one which can be drawn on
a plane surface without any wires crossing each other.
Principle:
To analyze multi source DC circuits, firstly individual loops are identified, and mesh currents are
assigned to each of them. After that, the KVL is applied to each loop to get equations in terms of
unknown mesh currents. If the meshes comprise current sources (dependent or independent),
then the concept of super mesh is applied if the current source is common between 2 meshes
followed by KCL at one node of branch; else the current of the source is assumed to be the
individual mesh current.
Circuit diagram:
The following circuit diagram
incorporates mesh analysis to find
mesh currents I1, I2 and I3. There
are two meshes with assigned
currents; and 2 voltage sources
with known potential difference.
I1 passes through R1, I2 through
R2, and I3 through R3.
Procedure:
1. From the theoretical drawing, establish the circuit on breadboard.
2. Note the resistances’ values by the dint of DMM or color code.
3. Now apply known voltages across R1 and R3, and correspondingly across R2 and R3.
4. The apply mesh analysis on two loops to obtain 2 equations and fins the unknown
currents I1 and I2. I3 can be found by the difference of both currents.
5. Now, measure the three currents across 3 resistances by DMM.
6. Calculate percentage error for 3 currents.

Observations:

𝑉1 𝑉2 𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3 𝐼1 𝐼2 𝐼3 % error
(V) (V) (Ω) (Ω) (Ω) (mA) (mA) (mA)
Exp Theor Exp Theor Exp Theor 𝐼1 𝐼2 𝐼3

4.0 4.8 2628 2628 1490 0.6035 0.624 -0.9023 -0.9368 1.5058 1.5608 4.53 4.023 3.52

4.3 6.1 2628 2628 1490 0.559 0.585 -1.212 -1.27 1.771 1.855 4.44 3.14 3.285
7 3.6 2628 2628 1490 1.54 1.59 -0.273 -0.299 1.813 1.889 4.57 8.695 3.68
Precautions:
1.Check for proper connections before switching ON the supply.
2.Make sure of proper color coding of resistors the percentage error.
3.The terminal of the resistance should be properly connected.
Conclusion:
For the above experiment, the we have learnt the use of breadboard, proper resistance
connectivity, and how to measure currents across resistors by connecting DMM in series with the
combination of resistances.
The percentage error between theoretical and experimental values of current is calculated, which
lies within 10%.