De La Salle University – Dasmariñas

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Engineering Department
Electrical Engineering Program

EEET311LB: ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ANALYSIS 1 LABORATORY

LABORATORY OUTPUT

Experiment 10
“Superposition Theorem”

Prepared by:
EDON, SEAN DARWIN S.
CPE41
Saturday, 8:00 – 11:00
Group no. 3

Date Performed: December 01, 2018

Date Submitted: December 08, 2018

Submitted to:
ENGR. ALBERT VELASCO
 I. Objective
1. To study the applications of Superposition Theorem by comparing the observed
values to the theoretical values in the circuit.

Trial V1 V2 V3
VT1 VT2 A1 A2 A3 R1 R2 R3
s
12 1.1k 2.2k
Measure
V 8.1V 3.8V 3.8V 8.3mA 2mA 5mA Ω Ω 600Ω
d
16 1.1k 2.2k
Values
V 2V 14V 2V 2.5mA 6.3mA 6mA Ω Ω 600Ω
12 16
Total
V V 10.1V 17.8V 5.8V 10.8mA 8.3mA 11mA - - -
12 2.2k
1 Compute V 8.3V 3.7V 3.7V 8.3mA 1.68mA 6.61mA 1kΩ Ω 560Ω
d Values 16 2.2k
V 2.24V 13.76V 2.24V 2.24mA 6.25mA 4.01mA 1kΩ Ω 560Ω
12 16 10.54m 10.62m
Total
V V 10.54V 17.46V 5.94V A 7.93mA A - - -
%
differenc 4.1746 1.9473 2.4138 2.4668 4.6658 3.5782 7.14
e 0% 0% % % % % % % 10% 0% %
II. Experiment data

Table 1: Superposition Theorem

III. Data Analysis

IV. Conclusion

V. Questions and Answers

1. Define the Superposition theorem, explaining in simple terms, its significance.

2. Under what condition may the superposition method be used to advantage?

3. Solve the network by superposition theorem.

(a) two component currents, and the total current in batteries A and B;
(b) total current in each element ab, bc, cd, and be.