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This document discusses two methods for writing mesh equations to solve for the mesh currents (i1 and i2) in a circuit containing a current source. Method 1 assigns a name to the current source voltage, applies Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) to both meshes, and eliminates the current source voltage. Method 2 applies KVL directly to the "supermesh" that forms the perimeter around both meshes containing the current source, which acts as a shortcut to the three steps of Method 1. The mesh equations derived from both methods are shown to be the same. Solving the equations provides the final values of i1 and i2.

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Super Mesh

This document discusses two methods for writing mesh equations to solve for the mesh currents (i1 and i2) in a circuit containing a current source. Method 1 assigns a name to the current source voltage, applies Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) to both meshes, and eliminates the current source voltage. Method 2 applies KVL directly to the "supermesh" that forms the perimeter around both meshes containing the current source, which acts as a shortcut to the three steps of Method 1. The mesh equations derived from both methods are shown to be the same. Solving the equations provides the final values of i1 and i2.

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Example

Determine the values of the mesh currents, i


1
and i
2,
for this circuit.


Solution
We can write one mesh equation by considering the current source. The current source current is
related to the mesh currents at by

1 2 1 2
1.5 1.5 i i i i = = +

In order to write the second mesh equation, we must decide what to do about the current source
voltage. (Notice that there is no easy way to express the current source voltage in terms of the
mesh currents.) In this example, illustrate two methods of writing the second mesh equation.

Method 1: Assign a name to the current source voltage. Apply KVL to both of the meshes.
Eliminate the current source voltage from the KVL equations.

Heres the circuit after labeling the current source voltage.



The KVL equation for mesh 1 is
1
9 12 i v 0 + =
The KVL equation for mesh 2 is
2 2
3 6 i i v 0 + =
Combining these two equations gives

( )
1 2 2 1 2
9 3 6 12 0 9 9 1 i i i i i + + = + = 2

Method 2: Apply KVL to the supermesh corresponding to the current source. Shown below in
blue, this supermesh is the perimeter of the two meshes that each contain the current source.



Apply KVL to the supermesh to get

1 2 2 1 2
9 3 6 12 0 9 9 1 i i i i i + + = + = 2

This is the same equation that was obtained using method 1. Applying KVL to the supermesh is
a shortcut for doing three things:

1. labeling the current source voltage as v
2. applying KVL to both meshes that contain the current source
3. eliminating v from the KVL equations


In summary, the mesh equations are

1 2
1.5 i i = +
And

1 2
9 9 1 i i 2 + =

Solving the node equations gives

1 2
1.4167 A and 83.3 mA i i = =

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