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Exercise from the chapter "Kirchhoff's laws"

Two-source ladder

Level 5 of 5 · Skills: Analyse, Calculate

Statement

Two sources (E1 = 24 V on the left, G = 46 V on the right, + at the bottom) and six resistors: R1 = 4 Ω, R2 = 4 Ω, R3 = 2 Ω on top, R4 = 3 Ω and R5 = 5 Ω as rungs, R6 = 2 Ω at the bottom. Three loops, two junctions: compute the current in R1.

Parametric exercise: the values change with every draw; these are one example.

2 hints from Bastaya available in the lab
Solution

Solved by loops or junctions: I₁ = 5.45 A, I₂ = 4.72 A, I₃ = 9.94 A, I₄ = 732 mA, I₅ = 5.22 A, I₆ = 4.72 A. At the junctions: I₁ = I₂ + I₄ and I₃ = I₂ + I₅.

Course sheet of the chapter : Kirchhoff's laws

This chapter is covered by the paths: General electricity, Measurement prep, ISL-oriented exercises

Other exercises of the chapter

Simulated time00:00:00
Q = I·t-
W = P·t-

Workbench

Circuit diagram CEI 60617

How does it work?

The perfboard: each big hole is a circuit node. You push a single leg of a component (resistor, lamp...) into it. The 4 small holes around it are connected to it: that is where chips and leads plug in.

  1. Drag a component onto the board: it snaps onto the grid. R rotates it.
  2. To join neighbouring big holes, click Jumper chip in the palette (or C) then drag on the board: a line of chips is laid at once. Bridged holes become a single node.
  3. For long links and for the power supply (placed next to the board), drag a lead from one big hole to another (or to a terminal).
  4. As soon as a loop is closed, the circuit is solved in real time (Ohm + Kirchhoff) and the diagram follows.
  5. Zoom with the wheel (or + / −, two-finger pinch); drag the background to pan, 0 fits the board. The + buttons around the board add a row or a column.

Del delete · R rotate · C chip brush · Esc cancel · wheel zoom · drag the background to pan

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