Problem Set

(Midterm Period)
INSTRUCTIONS:
(1) Answer the following questions show your complete solution and circuit diagram/graph (if needed) on short
bond paper. (HAND WRITTEN)
(2) Always box your final Answer and STRICTLY No Erasure/s
(3) Deadline of submission: MIDTERM EXAM DAY.
(4) ENJOY!

PROBLEMS:

1. A sinusoidal alternating voltage has an r.m.s. value of 200 V and a frequency of 50 Hz. It crosses the zero
axis in a positive direction when t = 0. Determine (i) the time when voltage first reaches the instantaneous
value of 200 V and (ii) the time when voltage after passing through its maximum positive value reaches
the value of 141.4 V.
2. Find the form factor and peak factor of the triangular wave shown in the figure

3. An alternating voltage of 200 sin 471 t is applied to a h.w. rectifier which is in series with a resistance of
40 Ω. If the resistance of the rectifier is infinite in one direction and zero in the other, find the r.m.s. value
of the current drawn from the supply source.
4. A sinusoidally varying alternating current has an average value of 127.4 A. When its value is zero, then its
rate change is 62,800 A/s. Find an analytical expression for the sine wave.
5. A resistor carries two alternating currents having the same frequency and phase and having the same
value of maximum current i.e. 10 A. One is sinusoidal and the other is rectangular in waveform. Find the
r.m.s. value of the resultant current.
6. Three circuits A, B and C are connected in series across a 200-V supply. The voltage across circuit A is 50 V
lagging the supply voltage by 45° and the voltage across circuit C is 100 V leading the supply voltage by
30°. Determine graphically or by calculation, the voltage across circuit B and its phase displacement from
the supply voltage.
7. Four e.m.fs e1 = 100 sin ωt, e2 = 80 sin (ωt − π/6), e3 = 120 sin (ωt + π/4) and e4 = 100 sin(ωt − 2π/3) are
induced in four coils connected in series so that the vector sum of four e.m.fs. is obtained. Find graphically
or by calculation the resultant e.m.f. and its phase difference with (a) e1 and (b) e2.If the connections to
the coil in which the e.m.f. e2 is induced are reversed, find the new resultant e.m.f
8. Draw to scale a vector diagram showing the following voltages : v1 = 100 sin 500 t; v2 = 200 sin (500 t +
π/3); v3 = − 50 cos 500 t; v4 = 150 sin (500 t − π/4) Obtain graphically or otherwise, their vector sum and
express this in the form Vm sin (500 t ± φ), using v1 as the reference vector. Give the r.m.s. value and
frequency of the resultant voltage.
9. The values of the instantaneous currents in the branches of a parallel circuit are as follows : i1 = 5 sin 346
t; i2 = 10 sin (346t + π/4); i3 = 7.5 sin (346 t + π/2); i4 = 8 sin (346 t − π/3) Express the resultant line current
in the same form as the original expression and determine the r.m.s. value and the frequency of this
current. [12.5 A; 55 Hz]
10. Four coils are connected in series. Each has induced in it a sinusoidal e.m.f. of 100 V, 50 Hz and there is a
phase difference of 14 electrical degrees between one coil and the next. What is the total e.m.f.
generated in the circuit ?