EE 110 Basic Electrical Engg - HW 2

February 2, 2010
1. The current in a 2 mH inductor is known to be iL = 50te10t A for t 0.
(a) Find the voltage across the inductor for t > 0.
(b) Find the power in milliwatts at the terminals of the inductor when t = 200 ms.
(c) Find the energy in millijoules stored in the inductor at t = 200 ms.
(d) Find the maximum energy in millijoules stored in the inductor and the time in
milliseconds when it occurs.

i mA
400
t ms
25

50

Figure P2.1
2. The triangular current pulse shown in figure P2.1 is applied to a 375 mH inductor.
(a) Write the expressions that describe i(t) in the four intervals t < 0, 0 t 25 ms,
25 ms t 50 ms, and t > 50 ms.
(b) Derive the expressions for the inductor voltage, power and energy.
3. The current in a 2 mH inductor is i = 25 A when t 0 and i = (B1 cos 5t + B2 sin 5t)et
for t 0. The voltage across the inductor is 100 V at t = 0. Calculate the power at
the terminals of the inductor at t = 0.5s. State whether the inductor is absorbing or
delivering power.
4. The initial voltage on the 0.2 F capacitor shown in Figure P4.1 is -60.6 V. The capacitor
current has the waveform shown in the figure.
(a) How much energy, in microjoules, is stored in the capacitor at t = 250s?
(b) Repeat (a) for t = .
0.2 F
i (mA)
100

+
i

-60.6 V

i(mA)

50
t( s)

100e1000t mA, t 0

10

50

t(s)
500

Figure P4.1

-50

1000

Figure P5.1

30

50

70

5. The current pulse shown in figure P5.1 is applied to a 0.25 F capacitor. The initial
voltage on the capacitor is zero.
(a) Find the charge on the capacitor at t = 30 s.
(b) Find the voltage on the capacitor at t = 50 s.
(c) How much energy is stored in the capacitor by the current pulse?
6. Assuming that the initial energy stored in the inductors of figure P6.1 is zero, determine
the equivalent inductance with respect to the terminals a-b.

8F
10 V
- +

16F

21 H
a

4H
44 H

1.2 H

15 H
10 H
25 H
12 H

Figure P6.1

5F
b
+5V12F

4F
+ 15V +3V
6F
1.6F -

Figure P7.1

7. Find the equivalent capacitance with respect to the terminals a-b for the circuit shown
in figure P7.1.
8. A sinusoidal current is zero at t = 150 s and increasing at a rate of 2 104 A/s. The
maximum amplitude of the current is 10 A.
(a) What is the frequency of i in radians per second?
(b) What is the expression for i?
9. Consider the sinusoidal voltage v(t) = 170 cos(120t 600 ) V.
(a) What is the maximum amplitude of the voltage? What is the frequency in Hertz?
In radians per second?
(b) What is the phase angle in radians? In degress? What is the period in millisecond?
(c) What is the first time after t = 0 that v = 170 V?
(d) The sinusoidal function is shifted 125/18 ms to the left along the time axis. What
is the expression for v(t)?
(e) What is the minimum number of milliseconds that the function must be shifted to
the right if the expresion for v(t) is 170 sin 120t V?
(f) What is the minimum number of milliseconds that the function must be shifted to
the left if the expresion for v(t) is 170 cos 120t V?
10. A 50 Hz sinusoidal voltage with a maximum amplitude of 340 V at t = 0 is applied across
the terminals of an inductor. The maximum amplitude of the steady-state current in
the inductor is 8.5 A
(a) What is the frequency of the inductor current?
(b) What is the phase angle of the voltage? Of the current?

(c) What is the impedance of the inductor? What is the inductive reactance of the
inductor (imaginary part of the impedance is reactance and the real part resistance)?
(d) What is the inductance value in milliHenrys?
11. The circuit in figure P11.1 is operating in the sinusoidal steady state. Find the steadystate expression for v0 (t) if vg = 64 cos 8000t V.

31.25 nF

vg

+
-

2K

12.5 k

5H
+
vo 500 mH
-

vg +
-

Figure P11.1

ig

Figure P12.1

12. The circuit in figure P12.1 is operating in the sinusoidal stead state. The capacitor is
adjusted until the current ig is in phase with the sinusoidal voltage vg .
(a) Specify the values of capacitance in microfarads if vg = 250 cos 1000t V.
(b) Give the steady-state expression for ig when C has the values found in (a).
13. The circuit shown in figure P13.1 is operating in the sinusoidal steady-state. Find the
value of if ig = 100 sin(t + 81.870 ) mA and vg = 50 cos(t 450 ) V.

a
10 j40
400 mH
vg +
Figure P13.1

10

j10

j30

20

j20

400
ig
0.4 F

b
Figure P14.1

14. Find the impedance Zab in the circuit seen in figure P14.1. Express Zab in both polar
and rectangular form.
15. Use the concept of voltage division to find the steady-state expression for vo (t) in the
circuit in figure P15.1 if vg = 75 cos 5000t V.

ia
j2

j5
j5

vg +
400 mH

300

600
+
v0
-

vg +
-

ib

j8

0.25 F

Figure P15.1

6
Figure P16.1

16. Find Ib and Z in the circuit in figure P16.1 if Vg = 6000 V and Ia = 5 900 A.
17. Find the steady state inductor current and capacitor voltage in the circuits
1k
10mH

iL

2k

1k
1k

1k

10mA

100V +

END

1k
6k

2k
2k

vc

+ 0.1F
-