The Theorem of Mesh and Nodal - DC circuit.

Mohamad Razlan b. Redzuan

Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Instituteaaaa
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
Alanmuslim2309@gmail.com

Abstract: The experiment is about to demonstrate
mesh and nodal analysis using constructed
Wheatstone bridge with the appropriate resistors
that I had choosed and get the experimental
measurements and observe the difference between
theoretical and simulation results . From the circuit
I had to measure the voltage drops and the current
flows at all branches. I used a breadboard , wires ,
and a 5v dc power supply to build the complete
circuit. Apart from that , a multimeter was used to
measure the voltage and the current in the circuit.
From that result I had gained , I would use mesh
analysis and nodal analysis to find a calculated
results. After that , i had to compare between the
actual reading and the calculated results whether its
match with the analysis .
use matrix it can be solve using creamer rule
instantly. For nodal analysis , we must determined
the node voltage or current branch in an electrical
circuit. Afterthat , we can came out with our nodal
equations. Not simple as mesh analysis but we can
get the answer directly . As well as using Mesh
Current Analysis, we can also use node analysis to
calculate the voltages around the loops, but we
must not get confused while using kichoff’s
voltage law for mesh analysis and kirchoff’s
current law for nodal analysis.
II. EXPERIM
III. ENTS SET UP

Keywords: Mesh , Nodal , Multimeter ,Compare The tasks began with choosing 6 appropriate
resistor of any different values in the range KOhm
and identify the values of R1,R2,R3,R4,R5 and R6
using multimeter .Multimeter is a device used to
I. INTRODUCTION measure voltage, current and resistance. Multimeter
might be analog type multimeters or digital
Mesh analysis is a method that is used to solve multimeter. The multimeter we use was analog
a plane circuit with no wire across each other .It multimeter that have great detecting slow voltage
also have another name which is loop analysis that changes, as you will the see the needle moving over
using loop current to solve any other circuit. Mesh the scale.
analysis will use a Kirchhoff’s Voltage law to
derive an equations in a circuit to find solution,
while Nodal analysis is a method to determine the
potential different between "nodes" in a circuit in
terms of the branch currents. It also have another
name which are node-voltage and branch current
method. To analyse using nodal analysis,
Kirchoff’s Current law will be use to derive the
node equation in the circuit.

By using mesh analysis , instead of labelling

the branch currents we need to label each “closed
loop” with a circulating current. We now can write
kirchoff’s voltage law equation in a closed loop. To
make it more simple and easier to solve , we can
change it into matrix form . In general , when we
 Then , the circuit will be constructs as Va = 1.994V
simple as shown in figure 1. After that , we
inserted DC power supply which is 5V into that Vb = 1.497V
circuit . when the cicuit is completed , we start to
measure the reading of voltage drop across each Vc = 1.494V
resistor .The voltage reading was take in a parallel
across resistor R1.We will repeat this step until the Resistor Resistance Current Voltage
last resistor R6. For current measurement , the 1 980Ω 3.068mA 3.00V
reading was take in a series in this circuit. By using 2 320Ω 1.553mA 0.50V
the multimeter , we get all the voltage and current 3 970Ω 1.525 mA 1.48V
reading in this circuit . we calculate the result 4 330Ω 1.514mA 0.50V
using mesh and nodal analysis and recorded each of 5 320Ω 0.010mA 3.2mV
them to see whether it match with our reading . 6 980Ω 1.524mA 1.49V
Table 3: Nodal Results

V. CONCLUSION
IV. RESULT
Based on the this experiment , it can be
These were several results based on reading concluded that both methods are used to find
measurement , mesh analysis and nodal analysis. current or voltage in a particular branch of an
electrical circuit , but using nodal analysis we can
Resistor Resistance Current Voltage find easily node voltages thereby by current using
1 980Ω 3.1mA 3.0V node voltage and by using mesh analysis we can
2 320Ω 1.6mA 0.5V find current in a particular branch. Nodal analysis
3 970Ω 1.5mA 1.5V is best suited when there are current sources
4 330Ω 1.5mA 0.5V whereas mesh analysis is best suited when energy
5 320Ω 0.01mA 3.2mV sources are voltage sources rather than current
6 980Ω 1.5mA 1.5V sources. In both the methods needs minimum
Table 1: Measured Readings number of equations need to be written to know the
unknown quantities.

Mesh Analysis :
Acknowledgment
5= 2270I1-970I2-320I3 I1=3.068mA
The authors would like to thank you to all staff and
0= -970I1+2270I2-320I3 I2=1.515mA the others students who had contributed in this
study. This project is supported by Prof. Abdul
0= -320I1-320I2+970I3 I3=1.524mA Halim Ali , lecturer in Unikl British Malaysian
Institute.
Resistor Resistance Current Voltage
1 980Ω 3.068mA 3.00V
2 320Ω 1.554mA 0.49V
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