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Consider the bridge circuit of Fig. 4.148. Is the bridge balanced? If the 10-kΩ resistor is replaced by an 18-kΩ resistor, what resistor connected between terminals a-b absorbs the maximum power? What is this power?
Figure 4.148
Find whether the bridge circuit of Figure 4.148 is balanced. Also find the value of the load resistor connected between the terminals a-b of the circuit and the maximum power absorbed by the load resistor.
Answer to Problem 92P
The bridge circuit is balanced when
Explanation of Solution
Given data:
Refer to Figure 4.148 in the textbook.
The voltage source is
Calculation:
For a bridge to be balanced, the voltage measured at terminals a-b should be zero.
The given circuit is modified as shown in Figure 1.
In Figure 1, apply Kirchhoff’s voltage law at loop
In Figure 1, apply Kirchhoff’s voltage law at loop
Substitute equation (2) in equation (1) as follows,
Simplify the equation as follows,
Substitute
In Figure 1, apply Kirchhoff’s voltage law at loop 1 as follows.
Substitute
As the voltage
In Figure 1, when the
In Figure 2, apply Kirchhoff’s voltage law at loop
In Figure 2, apply Kirchhoff’s voltage law at loop
Substitute
Simplify the equation as follows,
Substitute
In Figure 2, the voltage
Substitute
Since the voltage
Refer to Figure (2).
In Figure (2), find the Thevenin resistance by turning off the
In Figure 3,
For the wye connection in Figure 4, the value of the resistor
For the wye connection in Figure 4, the value of the resistor
For the wye connection in Figure 4, the value of the resistor
Figure 4 is modified as shown in Figure 5.
In Figure 5, the Thevenin resistance is,
Simplify the equation as follows,
For maximum power transfer,
The maximum power absorbed by the load resistor is,
Substitute
Conclusion:
Thus, the bridge circuit is balanced when
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