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Program Overview
ELEMENTS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Overview
This subject aims to provide basic elements of electrical circuit theory: fundamental electrical components and analysis of elementary linear circuits at stationary and sinusoidal steady-state.
Aims and Content
Learning Outcomes
The student will know the characteristics of the main linear electric components, he/she will know how to apply the topological and constitutive equations to analyze linear circuit at stationary and sinusoidal steady state, single-phase and three-phase. Moreover, the student will understand how to use the circuits for modelling power grids and electrical converters.
Aims and Learning Outcomes
At the end of this subject, the student is expected to know the characteristics of the main electrical components. He/she will be able to correctly apply the descriptive and topological equations to analyze a linear, time-invariant circuit at DC and AC steady-state.
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
Classroom lectures (24 hours). During the lessons, in addition to the explanation of the theoretical concepts, the teacher will solve exercises about circuit analysis.
Syllabus/Content
- Voltage, current, flux, charge, electrical energy and power.
- Electrical component (bipole, n-pole, two-port), Kirchhoff laws.
- Fundamental adynamical bipoles and two-port (resistor, ideal generator, controlled generator, ideal transformer); series and parallel connection of bipoles.
- Resistive dividers, Thévenin and Norton equivalent models of composite bipoles; analysis of linear circuits at DC steady state.
- Superposition principle; Tellegen's theorem.
- Fundamental dynamical components (capacitor, inductor, and coupled inductors).
- Analysis of linear circuits in AC steady-state; phasors; impedance and admittance; complex power; triphase systems; mean and RMS value of periodic quantities.
Recommended Reading/Bibliography
- M. Parodi, M. Storace, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits: Basic & Advanced Concepts, Vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, 2017, ISBN: 978--8 (ebook) or 978--1 (hardcover), doi: 10.1007/978--8.
- M. Parodi, M. Storace, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits: Basic & Advanced Concepts, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, 2020, ISBN: 978--4 (ebook) or 978--7 (hardcover), doi: 10.1007/978--4.
- L.O. Chua, C.A. Desoer, E.S. Kuh, Circuiti lineari e non lineari, Jackson, Milano, 1991.
- C.K. Alexander, M.N.O. Sadiku, Circuiti elettrici (3A edizione), MacGraw-Hill, Milano, 2008.
- M. de Magistris, G. Miano, Circuiti, Springer, Milano, 2007.
- G. Biorci, Fondamenti di elettrotecnica: circuiti, UTET, Torino, 1984.
- V. Daniele, A. Liberatore, S. Manetti, D. Graglia, Elettrotecnica, Monduzzi, Bologna, 1994.
- M. Repetto, S. Leva, Elettrotecnica, CittŕStudi, Torino, 2014.
Teachers and Exam Board
Teacher
ALBERTO OLIVERI
Exam Board
- ALBERTO OLIVERI (President)
- MATTEO LODI
- MARCO STORACE (President Substitute)
Lessons
Lessons Start
The timetable for this course is available.
Exams
Exam Description
The exam is composed of a written test where the student will analyze simple circuits at stationary and sinusoidal steady state.
Assessment Methods
The written exam will allow to evaluate the ability to analyze simple linear circuits at stationary and sinusoidal steady state, by applying the conceptual tools described during the lessons.
Exam Schedule
- 29/10/2025: 09:30, GENOVA, Scritto
- 17/12/2025: 09:30, GENOVA, Scritto
- 25/02/2026: 09:30, GENOVA, Scritto
- 29/04/2026: 09:30, GENOVA, Scritto
- 15/07/2026: 09:30, GENOVA, Scritto
