Course detail

Electrical Engineering 2

FEKT-BPA-EL2Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course deals with the basics of electrical engineering and extends the knowledge obtained in the course BPA-EL1. At the beginning of the course are discussed universal and special methods of analysis of linear circuits in harmonic steady state, including the polyphase circuits. In the next section, students learn about the characteristics of RC, RL and RLC circuits. The following part explain classical and operator method of transient solution in linear circuits, students will learn how to determine the response of the circuit to the standard and arbitrary signals. The last part of the course is theory of homogeneous transmission lines.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering (UTEE)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Student must for successful completion of the course manage the content of the course Electrical Engineering 1 and be able to:
- define the concepts of electrical resistance, capacitance and inductance;
- express in their own words the basic laws of electrical circuits and be able to explain the relationship between voltage and current at the fundamental elements R, L and C;
- use appropriate methods to analyze linear circuits;
- calculate the basic parameters of the time-varying signals;
- apply the methods of mathematical analysis calculations for systems of equations using matrix methods;
- use mathematics in the field of complex numbers;
- manage general calculate derivatives and integrals simple basic functions;
- calculate linear ordinary differential equations.

Work in the laboratory is subject to a valid "instructed person" qualification, which students must obtain before starting the course. Information on this qualification is provided in the Dean's Guideline on Student Familiarity with Safety Regulations.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Total number of points is 100, including 30 points in written tests in exercises, and 70 points for final exam. All laboratory measurements are obligatory - to obtain examination it is necessary to measure all of laboratory exercises and to obtain 15 points from maximum 30. Requirements for completion of a course are: to gain examination and to perform a written final test. Minimal necessary achieved total mark to pass this course is 50 points.
Attendance at laboratory classes is mandatory. Properly excused absences can be substituted, usually in the last week of the semester.

Aims

The course develops the knowledge gained in BEL1 (Electrical Engineering 1) and prepares the students for following courses of specializations in electrical engineering.
After completing the course student will be able to:
- define the terms in the field of circuit analysis in HUS as a phasor, complexor, impedance, admittance, etc., and to analyze linear electrical circuits in harmonic steady state;
- list the primary and secondary line parameters and explain the propagation of waves on transmission lines in the steady state and the transient;
- explain the behavior of RLC circuits, meaning of resonance response of the circuit;
- discuss the importance of three-phase distribution systems and distinguish the concepts associated with it;
- apply the Laplace transform to solve transients in linear circuits;
- calculate the response of a linear circuit on the basic input signals.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bird, J. Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology, 5th edition. 2014. ISBN 978-0-41-5662857 (EN)
BOYLESTAD, R. L. Introductory Circuit Analysis (13th Edition). Pearson 2015. ISBN 978-1-292098951 (EN)
Floyd, T. L., Buchla, D. (2009). Electronics fundamentals: circuits, devices & applications. Prentice Hall Press. (EN)
Mayergoyz, I. D., Lawson, W. (2012). Basic electric circuit theory. Gulf Professional Publishing. (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Complex numbers, harmonic steady state, phasors
2. AC analysis, powers in harmonic steady state, simplification method
3. Mesh current method, node voltage method, method of source substitution
4. Three-phase systems. Power in three-phase systems.
5. Analysis of three-phase systems
6. Passive RC, RL networks
7. Resonant circuits serial and parallel
8. Transient analysis of simple linear circuits
9. Transient analysis by operator method
10. Transient analysis with non-zero IC, impulse and transient response
11. Transmission lines
12. Preparation for the exam

Fundamentals seminar

19 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Harmonic steady state, phasors
2. AC analysis, powers in harmonic steady state, simplification method
3. Mesh current method, node voltage method
4. Thevenin´s and Norton´s theorem. Phasor diagrams.
5. TEST 1
6. Three-phase system
7. Passive two-ports. Resonant circuits.
8. TEST 2
9. Transient analysis of simple linear circuits
10. Transient analysis with non-zero IC. Impulse and transient response"
11. TEST 3
12. Transmission lines

Laboratory exercise

20 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Steinbauer, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1 A Impedances
2 A Harmonic steady state circuit analysis
3 A Power in single-phase circuit
4 A Phasor diagrams
5 A Three-phase system
6 A Power in a three-phase system
7 A Basic characteristics of RC and CR two-ports
1 B Series resonant circuit
2 B Parallel resonant circuit
3 B Transients in RC and RLC circuits
4 B Analysis of non-harmonic signals
5 B Wave propagation on a homogeneous transmission line
6 B Transients on homogeneous transmission lines
7 B Measurements on a fluorescent tube

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Electrical Engineering 2

Type of course unit