What is Mesh analysis: Definition and 84 Discussions

Mesh analysis (or the mesh current method) is a method that is used to solve planar circuits for the currents (and indirectly the voltages) at any place in the electrical circuit. Planar circuits are circuits that can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing each other. A more general technique, called loop analysis (with the corresponding network variables called loop currents) can be applied to any circuit, planar or not. Mesh analysis and loop analysis both make use of Kirchhoff’s voltage law to arrive at a set of equations guaranteed to be solvable if the circuit has a solution. Mesh analysis is usually easier to use when the circuit is planar, compared to loop analysis.

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  1. cianfa72

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  2. S

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  3. jisbon

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    I've tried to solve the following circuit using mesh equation, but the solution seems to differ from my attempted answer. Mesh circuit as follows: My mesh equation is: -10+3(i1)+2s(i1-i2)=0 (for the mesh on the left) and -10+12(i2)+6s(i2)+2s(i2-i1)=0 (right mesh) However the answer seems to...
  4. Zack K

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  5. Toolkit

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  6. stipan_relix

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    Hi. I am practising for my test and since I don't have the correct answers, I don't know if what I'm doing is right. I tried to solve this problem, can you check it and correct if it's wrong? Here's a clearer picture of the circuit. I suspect Uab isn't right, but am not sure. Thanks...
  7. K

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  8. P

    Engineering Solve this Circuit using both Nodal Analysis and Mesh Analysis

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  9. R

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  10. kstorm19

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  11. billyray

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  12. G

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  13. A

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  14. Cocoleia

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  15. D

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  16. Cocoleia

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  17. Cocoleia

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  18. E

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  19. E

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  20. E

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  21. E

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  22. E

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  23. V

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  24. V

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  25. V

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  26. S

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  27. T

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  28. T

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  29. Q

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  30. A

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  31. 159753x

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  32. M

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  33. B

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  34. P

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  35. I

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  36. I

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  37. I

    Nodal and Mesh Analysis vs Simple Ohms law?

    At high school we were taught basic circuit formulas such as V=IR, P=IV etc but now I am studying circuits in Engineering (at university) we have been introduced to the techniques of nodal and mesh analysis. My question is, when and why do we use these techniques rather than the...
  38. Z

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  39. S

    Mesh Analysis: Solving for I1 with Loop Equations

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  40. N

    Current Transform and Mesh Analysis

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  41. S

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  42. mishima

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  43. A

    Engineering Need help to find I in a circuit (mesh analysis?)

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  44. B

    Engineering Circuit Calculation - Mesh Analysis

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  45. T

    Why is my mesh analysis incorrect?

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  46. P

    Mesh analysis in non-planar circuits

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  47. E

    Engineering Mesh Analysis of an AC circuit.

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  48. J

    Delta/Wye 3-Phase Using Mesh Analysis

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  49. B

    Nodal and Mesh Analysis Equations for Node Voltage & Mesh Current Methods

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  50. B

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