Fundamental elements of electrical circuits; circuit laws; series-parallel circuits; charging and discharging characteristics of DC RL and RC circuits, methods of circuit analysis including network theorems; mesh and nodal analysis; Real, Reactive and Apparent power calculation, capacitor sizing and power factor improvement. Covers safety implications of electricity and common laboratory practices. Prerequisite: PHYS 141, MATH 232. Corequisite: (MATH 260 or MATH 310). Students with credit for ENSC 220 or MSE 250 may not take this course for further credit.
Fundamental elements of electrical circuits; circuit laws; series-parallel circuits; charging and discharging characteristics of DC RL and RC circuits, methods of circuit analysis including network theorems; mesh and nodal analysis; Real, Reactive and Apparent power calculation, capacitor sizing and power factor improvement. Covers safety implications of electricity and common laboratory practices. Prerequisite: PHYS 141, MATH 232. Corequisite: (MATH 260 or MATH 310). Students with credit for ENSC 220 or MSE 250 may not take this course for further credit.
