Network Analysis

Laws before networks

This 83-lecture NPTEL course from IIT Kharagpur starts with KVL, KCL and power balance, the rules every circuit analysis depends on. Voltage and current sources follow, so the course has the tools in place before it analyzes anything complicated.

Methods and elements

• Mesh analysis and nodal analysis, each taken across several lectures.
• Inductors and capacitors, including initial conditions and the energy they store.
• RL circuits and the charging and discharging of a capacitor, with voltage, current and energy tracked during each stage.

Who it suits

Students in their first circuits course who want the reasoning behind each method will find the pace steady. Anyone who already knows nodal and mesh analysis can skip to the transient lectures, which hold the most new material for a returning learner.