School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1B
  • Unit Code

    ENS1253
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Adam OSSEIRAN

Description

This unit further develops the topics introduced in the preceding unit, ENS1162 Electrical Engineering 1A, and introduces some higher level concepts including impedance, first order system response, AC circuits, AC power, and semiconductor devices.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ENS1162. Students must have passed MAT1137 or MAT1236 or must have achieved a scaled score > 49.99 in ATAR Mathematics Method or ATAR Mathematics Specialist or WACE MAT3C/3D or equivalent.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1252

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse simple AC power systems.
  2. Apply fundamental circuit analysis concepts to determine the operation and predict the performance of simple DC and AC linear circuits.
  3. Conduct experiments on simple DC and AC electrical systems, and analyse and interpret the results of those experiments.
  4. Undertake problem identification, formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC and AC electrical circuits.

Unit Content

  1. AC circuit analysis - phasor diagrams, resonances, instananeous and average power, maximum power transfer, AC superposition.
  2. AC circuits - sinusoidal waveforms, sinusoids and phasors, sinusoidal steady-state circuit behaviour.
  3. AC impedance - the impedance concept, impedance and admittance, resistance and reactance, impedance calculations, transfer functions and frequency response.
  4. AC power systems - real and reactive power, power factor, three-phase systems, balanced and unbalanced loads, power measurement.
  5. Capacitance and inductance - capacitors, inductors, DC steady-state behaviour, equivalent inductance and capacitance.
  6. First order systems - RL and RC circuits, time constants, transient and steady state responses.
  7. Transformer circuits - inductance and mutual inductance, ideal transformers, real transformers.
  8. Transistors - structure and operation, large signal DC circuit models, universal curves, simple transistor circuits.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot Offered4 x 2 hour lab
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered x 2 hour lecture
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports25%
AssignmentCircuit design project15%
TestMid-semester theory test10%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1B
  • Unit Code

    ENS1253
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Adam OSSEIRAN

Description

This unit further develops the topics introduced in the preceding unit, ENS1162 Electrical Engineering 1A, and introduces some higher level concepts including impedance, first order system response, AC circuits, AC power, and semiconductor devices.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ENS1162. Students must have passed MAT1137 or MAT1236 or must have achieved a scaled score > 49.99 in ATAR Mathematics Method or ATAR Mathematics Specialist or WACE MAT3C/3D or equivalent.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1252

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse simple AC power systems.
  2. Apply fundamental circuit analysis concepts to determine the operation and predict the performance of simple DC and AC linear circuits.
  3. Conduct experiments on simple DC and AC electrical systems, and analyse and interpret the results of those experiments.
  4. Undertake problem identification, formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC and AC electrical circuits.

Unit Content

  1. AC circuit analysis - phasor diagrams, resonances, instananeous and average power, maximum power transfer, AC superposition.
  2. AC circuits - sinusoidal waveforms, sinusoids and phasors, sinusoidal steady-state circuit behaviour.
  3. AC impedance - the impedance concept, impedance and admittance, resistance and reactance, impedance calculations, transfer functions and frequency response.
  4. AC power systems - real and reactive power, power factor, three-phase systems, balanced and unbalanced loads, power measurement.
  5. Capacitance and inductance - capacitors, inductors, DC steady-state behaviour, equivalent inductance and capacitance.
  6. First order systems - RL and RC circuits, time constants, transient and steady state responses.
  7. Transformer circuits - inductance and mutual inductance, ideal transformers, real transformers.
  8. Transistors - structure and operation, large signal DC circuit models, universal curves, simple transistor circuits.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot Offered4 x 2 hour lab
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered x 2 hour lecture
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports25%
AssignmentCircuit design project15%
TestMid-semester theory test10%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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