FNEG1005
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course introduces students to fundamental electrical elements including voltage, current, resistance, inductance and capacitance. It provides students with an understanding and appreciation of techniques for analysing and designing simple DC and AC circuits including balanced 3 phase circuits. It also introduces the principles behind simple electrical machines, and provides hands on experience across several aspects of introductory electrical engineering.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2024.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate safe working practices in laboratories.
2. Identify fundamental electrical circuit analysis theories and tools.
3. Analyse and design AC and DC circuits using fundamental techniques.
4. Explain the operating principles of electrical motors.
5. Apply knowledge and demonstrate practical skills through exercises in the laboratory.
6. Demonstrate competence with electrical simulation software and its applications.
Content
- Basic electrical engineering concepts: simple components, circuits, fundamental laws
- DC Circuits: Kirchoff's laws, series circuits, parallel circuits
- Operational amplifiers: practical example applications
- Capacitors and inductors: characteristics, analogies, response to sinusoidal excitation
- AC circuits: complex numbers, phasors, impedance, series and parallel circuits, complex power
- Balanced 3-phase circuits: Star, Neutral, Delta
- Superposition for DC and AC
- Circuit simulation and practical laboratory exercises, including component practicalities
Requisite
This course is only available to students enrolled in the Diploma in Engineering [40128] and the Undergraduate Certificate in Engineering [40305] programs. This course does not count with successful completion of ELEC1310.
Assumed knowledge
This course requires students to be studying or have completed FNMT1002 or HSC Extension Maths.
Assessment items
Online Learning Activity: Lab Induction
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Laboratory Exercises
Quiz: Weekly Quizzes
In Term Test: Mid Semester Quiz
Formal Examination: Final Examination
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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