SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SCIENCES

HET286 CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2010

Q1. (a) Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit at terminals a-b in the circuit of
Figure 1.

Figure 1

(b) If a variable resistor RL is connected across terminals a-b, what is the

maximum power delivered to RL.

(12+3 = 15 marks)

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Q1.

Fig.1(repeated)

Q1. (additional work area)

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Q2. In the circuit of Figure 2, the sources in the time domain are vs(t) =
20cos(100t + 900) V, and is(t) = 5cos(100t) A. Using mesh analysis,
determine Io(t).

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(15 marks)

is
5mF
100mH
vs

5mF

Figure 2

Q2.

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is 5mF

100mH
vs

5mF

Figure 2 (repeated)

Q2. (additional work area)

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Q3. In the circuit of Figure 3, the switch has been in the open position for a
long time. At t = 0, the switch is closed. Find

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(a) the expression for vc(t) for t ≥0+.

(b) the value of vc(t) at t = 3.0 ms.

(10+2 = 12 marks)

vc 2 μF

Figure 3

Q3.

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vc 2 μF

Figure 3(repeated)

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Q4. One line voltage of a balanced Y-connected source is

V AB  240  20 o V . If the source is connected to a Δ-connected load of
2040 o , find the phase and line currents. Assume the abc sequence.
(10 marks)

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Q4. (additional work area)

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Q5. A 240 V rms 50 Hz source supplies two loads connected in parallel, as

shown in Figure 4.

(a) Find the power factor of the parallel combination, and

(b)Find the complex power supplied by the source.

(7+7 = 14 marks)

240 V rms 2 kW 4 kW
50 Hz pf = 0.75 leading pf = 0.95 lagging
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Figure 4

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Q5.

240 V rms 2 kW 4 kW
50 Hz pf = 0.75 leading pf = 0.95 lagging
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Figure 4 (repeated)

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Q6. In the circuit of Figure 5, the switch has been in position x for a long time.
At t = 0, the switch is moved to position y.

(a) Is the resulting transient response over-damped, critically damped, or

under-damped?

(b)Obtain a complete expression for vc(t).

(c) What value of R is needed to give a transient response that is critically

damped?

(2+8+2 = 12 marks)

vc

Figure 5

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Q6.

vc

Figure 5(repeated)

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Q6. (additional work area)

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Q7. For the circuit of Figure 6,

(a) Derive the expression for the transfer function H(s) = V2(s)/V1(s).

(b) What are the pole(s) and zero(s) of the transfer function in part (a)?

(c) Sketch a clearly labelled Bode magnitude plot of H(ω).

(9+2+4 = 15 marks)

Figure 6

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Q7

Figure 6 (repeated)

Q7. (additional work area)

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Q8. EITHER Find the Laplace transform F(s), given that f(t) = u(t)5cos(2t-1),

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OR Find the inverse Laplace transform of the function

8( s  1)( s  3)
F (s) 
s ( s  2)( s  4)
(7 marks)

Q8. (additional work area)

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(Total for the paper is 15+15+12+10+14+12+15+7=100 marks)

END OF QUESTIONS

Appendix – useful information

1. The step response of a first-order RC circuit is given by:

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vC (t )  vC ()  [vC (0  )  vC ()]e  t / 

where vC (t ) is the voltage across the capacitor ,
vC () is the final or steady state value,
vC (0  ) is the initial voltage at t  0  , and
 ( RC ) is the time cons tan t.

2. The impedance of an inductor is ZL = jXL where XL = L.

3. The impedance of a capacitor is ZC = jXC where XC = -1/(C).

4.
For V  Vm  v , and I  I m  i ,
(a) the power factor , pf  cos( v   i ),
(b) the complex power S (in VA)  Vrms I *rms  Vrms I rms ( v - i )  P  jQ
where P  the real power, and
Q  the reactive power (in VAR)  Vrms I rms sin( v   i )
(c) the apparent power , S (in VA)  Vrms I rms  S  P2 Q2

5. The total complex power in a network is the sum of the complex powers of
the individual components. Likewise, the total real power and reactive
power are respectively, the sums of the individual real powers and the
reactive powers.

6. The step response of a series RLC circuit is given by:

v(t) = vt(t)+ vss(t) where vt(t) is the transient response, and vss(t) is the
steady state response, and equals v(∞).

v(t) is the voltage across the capacitor.

vt (t )  A1e s1t  A2 e s2t for    o (over  damped )

 ( A1  A2 t )e t for    o (critically  damped )
 e t ( B1 cos  d t  B2 sin  d t ) for    o (under  damped )
R 1
where   , o  , and  d   o2   2
2L LC

7. Laplace transform pairs (defined for t ≥0; f(t) = 0 for f < 0)

f(t) F(s)

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 (t) 1
u(t) 1
s
e-at 1
sa
t 1
s2
tn n!
s n 1
te-at 1
( s  a) 2
tne-at n!
( s  a) n 1
sin(ωt) 
s  2
2

cos(ωt) s
s  2
2

sin(ωt+θ) s sin    cos 

s2  2
cos(ωt+θ) s cos    sin 
s2  2
e-atsin(ωt) 
( s  a) 2   2
e-atcos(ωt) sa
( s  a) 2   2

8. trigonometric identities

sin(x ± y) = sin(x)cos(y) ± cos(x)sin(y)

cos(x ± y) = cos(x)cos(y)  sin(x)sin(y)

9. Table below gives a summary of the phase and line voltages/currents for
balanced three-phase systems (positive or abc sequence is assumed);

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V V V

V V
Connection Phase Line voltages/currents
voltages/currents
Y-Y an  V p 0
o
ab  3 V p 30 o

V V
bn  V p   120 o    120 o

V I I I V V V I I I s
bc ab

 V p   120 o    120 o

V I I
Z
cn ca ab

Same as line currents a  an / Y

 a   120 o
V V V

 a   120 o

V V V
c
Y-∆  V p 0 o   3 V p 30 o

A
B
an
V p V pV V V

ab

V V
   120 o     120 o

B
C
bn bc ab

   120 o     120 o

C
A
I I I

Z Z Z

ca ab

I I I e
cn

AB  AB /  a  AB 3  30 o
BC  BC /   a   120 o
V V V

CA  CA /   a   120 o
a
m
a
s
p
h
a
s
e
v
o
l
t
a
g
e
s
c

∆-∆ ab  V p 0 o
V p V pV V V

bc    120 o
   120 o
I I I s
I I I e
I I I

Z Z Z

ca
 3  30 o
AB  ab / 
a AB

 a   120 o
 bc /
b
V V V

BC 

  a   120 o
ca /
c
a
m
a
s
p
h
a
s
e
v
o
l
t
a
g
e
s
CA 

∆-Y ab  V p 0 o
Vp Vp

bc    120 o

ca    120 o
I

V p   30 o

Z

Same as line currents a

3
I I
I I

b  a   120 o
c  a   120 o

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