Mesh Currents

[michaelboy]

In college, one of my favorite subjects was Electrical Engineering. I had a great professor and even though there were tons of numerical calculations utilizing simultaneous and differential equations, Fourier and Laplace Transforms, Thevenin’s and Kirchoff’s laws and the like, I did enjoy the class immensely and briefly considered getting a Master’s in this line. I’ve forgotten most of this subject matter but I recall having a fondness for the Mesh Current Method which utilized sets of simultaneous equations, Kirchoff’s and Ohm’s laws to solve for unknown currents in a DC power network

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[keplers_angels]

The electrical engineering (physics 2) class I had was the only one (and I took a lot of classes) where i really felt that I had zero concept of what was going on. I could do the math but it meant little to me.

Which was a surprise because physics 1, which was mechanical engineering, was my favorite thing in the world and it all felt *so* intuitive to me. I took it the first time without having had any calculus and was quicker than my calculus-enrolled lab partners, both with the concepts AND the calculations.... It was THAT experience that decided me to study calculus because if those morons could do it, I certainly could, and besides -- then I could take higher levels of physics.