D.C. Circuits
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D.C. Circuits Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for D.C. Circuits (subject code 4310901) as prescribed for ELECTRICAL · Semester 1 divides the course into 4 units, covering 25 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4310901)Unit 1 Fundamental concepts of D.C. Circuits
- 1.1. Electric Potential, EMF, Current, Power and Energy
- 1.2. Conductor, Semiconductor and insulator-properties and applications
- 1.3. Resistor, Inductor and Capacitor
- 1.4. Resistor-Properties and Practical applications, Classification based on ohmic value and material, Effect of temperature on resistance and temperature coefficient of resistance
- 1.5. Conductance, conductivity, current density
- 1.6. Ohm’s law: Applications and limitations
- 1.7. Kirchhoff’s voltage law and Kirchhoff’s current law
- 1.8. Joule’s law of heating, applications
- 1.9. Power and energy, unit conversion from mechanical to electrical and vice-versa D.C. Circuits Course Code: 4310901 NITTTR Bhopal – GTU - COGC-2021 Curriculum
- 1.10. Impact of using electrical source over the other energy sources on the environment.
Unit 2 Network solution techniques
- 2.1. Node, branch, loop, mesh; open, closed and short circuit
- 2.2. Series and Parallel connections of resistors and equivalent resistance
- 2.3. Source transformation techniques
- 2.4. Mesh analysis
- 2.5. Nodal Analysis
- 2.6. Duality in electrical networks.
Unit 3 Network Theorems
- 3.1. Types of electric circuits - Active and Passive, Linear & Nonlinear, unilateral and bilateral circuit
- 3.2. Superposition theorem, equivalent circuit
- 3.3. Thevenin’s theorem, equivalent circuit
- 3.4. Norton’s theorem, equivalent circuit
- 3.5. Maximum Power Transfer theorem
- 3.6. ‘T’ to ‘Pi’ network conversion (star-delta transformation) and ‘Pi’ to ‘T’ network conversion (delta-star transformation),
Unit 4 Capacitors and its Applications
- 4.1. Capacitor- Function, types, applications, Capacitance, Capacitive reactance, Factors affecting capacitance
- 4.2. Behaviour of capacitors in DC circuits, Charging and discharging of Capacitor, RC time constant, Energy stored in Capacitor
- 4.3. Series and parallel D.C. Circuits Course Code: 4310901 NITTTR Bhopal – GTU - COGC-2021 Curriculum
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