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Eletrotecnia I

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Base Knowledge

Mathematics and Physics.

Teaching Methodologies

There is no room for teaching classes of any type.

Learning Results

Understand the meaning of good practices for solving electrical circuits in circuit analysis. Understand the theory and operation of direct current circuits. Understand the theory and operation of single-phase alternating current circuits.

The aim of the course unit Circuits Theory I is to provide students with the most basic principles and notions of the concepts of Circuit Analysis, regarding direct current circuits and single-phase alternating current circuits.

Provide the fundamental valences associated with the knowledge of electrical quantities involved in circuit theory/study of active and passive linear devices.

Use analysis methods to evaluate the behavior of electrical circuits. Design simple electrical and electronic circuits.

Program

Direct current. Basic concepts about linear circuits; electric. The basic elements of circuits. Construction of circuit models. Simple resistive circuits.

Measurement of voltages and currents. Circuit Analysis Techniques. 

Single-phase sinusoidal alternating current. Phasor representation: the Steinmetz Transform. Generalization for alternating current circuits of the methods of analysis studied for direct current circuits. Physical meaning of potencies. Power factor correction. 
Introduction to metrology: measurement methods and associated errors, measurement instruments and their specifications. Use and familiarization with bench equipment (voltage sources, function generator, digital multimeters, voltmeters and analog ammeters).

Curricular Unit Teachers

Paulo Filipe de Almeida Ferreira Tavares

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

  1. Sadiku, M., Alexander, C., & Musa, S. (2012). Applied Circuit Analysis. Science Engineering & Math; McGraw-Hill Higher Education, First Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0071317825.
  2. Hayat, W., Kemmerly, J., & Durbin, S. (2012). Engineering Circuit Analysis. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Eighth Edition. ISBN: 9780071317061.
  3. Robbins, A. H., & Miller, W.C. (2004). Circuits Analysis: Theory and Practice. Clifton Park, NY, Thomson, Delmar Learning, Third Edition.
  4. Bessonov, L. (1977). Electricidade Aplicada para Engenheiros. Lisboa, Livraria Lopes da Silva. (in Portuguese) [1-3-211 (ISEC) – 08935 – ISEC Library]
  5. Brandão, D. P. L. (1987). Electrotecnia Geral. Gulbenkian Ed.. (in Portuguese) [1-3-147 (ISEC) – 04923 – ISEC Library]
  6. Alexander, C. K., & Sadiku, M. (2006). Fundamentals of Electric Circuits. NY, McGraw Hill
    Science/Engineering/Math, Third Edition.
  7. Eide, A., Mickelson, S., Eide, C. L., Jenison, R., & Northup, L. (2012). Engineering – Fundamentals and Problem solving. McGraw-Hill International, Sixth Edition.
  8. MATIAS, J. V. C. (2000). Tecnologias da Electricidade. 1º Vol., Lisboa, Didáctica Editora. (in Portuguese)

 

   Available Support Material (at “Inforestudante”):

  1. Problem Sheets;
  2. Practical Works.