Instructors
Paulo Fernandes
Contents
CP1 - Electricity: basic concepts
- Structure of Matter.
- Eletric Field and Eletric Potential.
- Resistance.
- Conductors, semiconductors, insulators.
- Classification of instruments. Symbology.
CP2 - Analysis and simplification methods of electrical circuits.
- Energy transfer: sources and loads.
- Association of resistors in serial and parallel.
- Voltage and current divisors.
- E.m.f. versus voltage drop. Potential of a node.
- Ohm Law. Kirchoff laws.
- Mesh analysis.
- Thevenin's and Norton's theorems.
- Superposition.
CP3 - Capacitors and Inductors
- Capacitors and Capacitance (operation, characterization and association).
- Electromagnetc Notions
- Inductors and Inductance (operation, characterization and association).
- RC circuits and RL in DC.
CP4 - Introduction to the Alternating Current
- Alternative variables
Learning Outcomes
After successful attendance of the course, the student should be able to:
OBJ1-Master the basic laws of electricity;
OBJ2-Solve electrical circuits;
OBJ3-Have a clear understanding of magnitudes, relationships, materials,and components, in electricity.