{"id":12804,"date":"2013-07-26T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/ley-de-los-voltajes-de-kirchhoff-metodo-de-mallas\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:36:24","slug":"kirchhoffs-law-of-voltages-mesh-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/en\/kirchhoffs-law-of-voltages-mesh-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirchhoff&#8217;s Law of Voltages: Mesh Method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In this post I will write about Kirchhoff&#8217;s Law of Voltages, one of the main laws of electricity used in the analysis of electrical and electronic circuits. The use of this tool is part of physics and circuit analysis courses, both at the high school level and college.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is a mesh?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12816 size-full\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method.jpg\" width=\"1598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1024x364.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-768x273.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1536x546.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-696x247.jpg 696w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1068x380.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1182x420.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><\/a>In an electrical circuit, a mesh is a closed path made up of circuit elements. In this case there are <strong>4 meshes<\/strong>, formed by 4 closed paths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to <strong>Kirchhoff&#8217;s Law of Voltages<\/strong>, the sum of the voltages in a mesh is equal to zero. When a current passes through an element of the circuit, in this case a resistance, a potential difference occurs. <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/?p=2417\">Ohm&#8217;s Law<\/a> states that t<strong>he potential difference (voltage) in a resistance is equal to the current multiplied by the resistivity of the element<\/strong>, that is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>V=IR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If we multiply the mesh currents by each resistance in the mesh, when adding the voltages the total should be zero. To assume mesh currents, it must be taken into account that in an electrical circuit, when a power source delivers energy, <em>the current leaves the positive of the source and enters through the negative of it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If there is no voltage or current source in a mesh, we assume that the current flows in a clockwise direction. It could be assumed in the counterclockwise direction, which does not matter at all since if the wrong direction is chosen, the current that will result when performing our calculations will have a negative sign. We will see this at the end of our calculations, when we get our answer.<\/p>\n<p>The currents must be represented in our diagram as follows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12823\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1.jpg\" width=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-1024x372.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-1536x559.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-696x253.jpg 696w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-1068x388.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-1-1155x420.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We see that in<strong> mesh 1<\/strong> we assume that the current goes in a clockwise direction since it leaves the positive of the source. In <strong>meshes 2<\/strong> <strong>and 3<\/strong> there is no source, so it is freely assumed (preferably clockwise). In <strong>mesh 4<\/strong>, the current goes counterclockwise as it comes out of the positive of the voltage source.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3487\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"wp-image-3487 size-full\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_1.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current directions, with signs (+ and -) in each of the elements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After choosing the direction of the currents, we proceed to place polarity signs on the resistors of each mesh. The resistors do not have polarity, but to facilitate the resolution of the problem we will place signs on the circuit elements. Once again we must take into account the direction of the current: for all resistors, the terminal through which the current enters will have a positive sign. Where the current leaves the resistor, a negative sign is placed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now that we have placed the signs, we proceed to write the equations for each mesh. With the help of the signs that we have placed, it is very easy for us to do this. Let&#8217;s see.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mesh #1<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Current 1<\/strong> passes through <strong>mesh 1<\/strong>, so it is necessary to multiply all resistors by I<sub>1<\/sub> to obtain the voltages across them. All voltages across all resistors plus the source voltage will add up and the equation will equal zero.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ley de los voltajes de Kirchhoff\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3489 size-full\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_2.jpg\" width=\"736\" \/><\/a>Note that two currents pass through the 220 ohm resistor R2, the current from <strong>mesh #1<\/strong> and the current from <strong>mesh #2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3490 aligncenter\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_3.jpg\" width=\"259\" \/><\/a>This is the reason why signals have been placed on the resistors. As the current enters through the positive in <strong>mesh 1<\/strong>, the resistance voltage is taken by effect of I<sub>1<\/sub> as positive. At the same point there is a negative sign (in green) on <strong>mesh 2<\/strong> that indicates that the resistance voltage must be subtracted due to the effect of I<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3492 aligncenter\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_4.jpg\" width=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resulting equation is the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12825 aligncenter\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2.jpg\" width=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2.jpg 1676w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-768x306.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-1536x612.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-696x277.jpg 696w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-1068x426.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kirchhoff_laws_mesh_method-2-1054x420.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If we reduce the equation to its minimum expression, we can obtain the Kirchhoff voltage equation for <strong>Mesh #1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3494 aligncenter\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_15.jpg\" width=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we proceed to do the same for meshes 2, 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mesh #2<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3495\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_6.jpg\" width=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3496\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3496\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_7.jpg\" width=\"521\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voltages sum at Mesh #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reducing to its minimum expression:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3499 aligncenter\" height=\"46\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_16.jpg\" width=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mesh #3<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3503 aligncenter\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_9.jpg\" width=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As we can see, in resistance 6 the signs are positive and positive (++) so the voltage in the resistance caused by current I<sub>3<\/sub> and that caused by current I<sub>4<\/sub> are both added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3504\" style=\"width: 531px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3504\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_10.jpg\" width=\"531\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voltages sum at Mesh #3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the end the reduced equation is the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3506 aligncenter\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_17.jpg\" width=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mesh #4<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3507\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_12.jpg\" width=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3508\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3508\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_13.jpg\" width=\"417\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voltages sum at Mesh #4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reducing the equation to its lowest expression:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3509 aligncenter\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_18.jpg\" width=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Solving the system of equations<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Once we have established the equations for each mesh we will have a system of equations <strong>n<\/strong>x<strong>n<\/strong> where <strong>n<\/strong> is the number of meshes. In this case we have a 4&#215;4 system, that is, 4 equations with 4 unknowns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3494 aligncenter\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_15.jpg\" width=\"205\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3499 aligncenter\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_16.jpg\" width=\"257\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3506 aligncenter\" height=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_17.jpg\" width=\"257\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3509 aligncenter\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_18.jpg\" width=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This allows us to use any known method to find the values of the unknowns. It can be by reduction, substitution, determinants, etc. I personally use matrices, specifically the Gauss Jordan method.<\/p>\n<p>For this, it is necessary to take the whole system to a matrix, where the values of I<sub>1<\/sub> will go in the first column, in the second, third and fourth they will go I<sub>2<\/sub>, I<sub>3<\/sub> and I<sub>4<\/sub> respectively. Finally the free term, in this case the voltages will go in the last column.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3514\" style=\"width: 1312px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"wp-image-3514 size-full\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_19.jpg\" width=\"1312\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Malla&#8221; is mesh in Spanish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now I will explain how to solve this system using three different options, Microsoft Mathematics, Matlab and Excel.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Microsoft Mathematics<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mathematics is an excellent free tool that Microsoft provides for us students. It can be downloaded for free from the following address:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210423125930\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/es-es\/download\/details.aspx?id=15702\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/es-es\/download\/details.aspx?id=15702<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interface is simple and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3510 aligncenter\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_21.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we need to insert a matrix of <strong>n<\/strong> rows by <strong>n + 1<\/strong> columns where <strong>n<\/strong> is the number of meshes. In this case it would be a <strong>4<\/strong>x<strong>5<\/strong> matrix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3510 aligncenter\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_21.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3512 aligncenter\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_22.jpg\" width=\"248\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3515 aligncenter\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_23.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the data is entered:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3516 aligncenter\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_24.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the reduce option that appears in the window is used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3517 size-full\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_25.jpg\" width=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The results appear in fraction and decimal. The numbers found in the reduced matrix in the right column will be the values of the currents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3518 aligncenter\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_26.jpg\" width=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Result: I<sub>1<\/sub> is 20.3 milli amps; I<sub>2<\/sub> is 3.6 milliamps; I<sub>3<\/sub> is 5.06 milli amps; I<sub>4<\/sub> is 24.5 milliamps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The sign of I3, being negative, indicates that when we take the direction of the current we did it wrong: I3 does not go clockwise but counterclockwise. The procedure is perfectly correct, we just assume the wrong current direction. In the end, the sign tells us where the current really goes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now we proceed to check if the results obtained are correct. Let&#8217;s see the simulator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3519\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_27.jpg\" width=\"743\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">he ammeters on each mesh indicate that the result obtained in our calculations is correct. In the simulator there are some small losses but they are insignificant since we are dealing with very small currents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If we use MatLab, the result obtained should be similar.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Matlab<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In Matlab we declare the matrix with the mesh equations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3521 aligncenter\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_28.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3522 aligncenter\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_29.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kirchhoff's law of voltages\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3523 size-full\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_30.jpg\" width=\"1026\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the <strong>rref()<\/strong> command is simply applied to the array we previously declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>rref(Matrix)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circuito\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3524 aligncenter\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/kirchhoffs_law_of_voltages_mesh_method_31.jpg\" width=\"611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We see that the result obtained is very similar to the one Microsoft Mathematics gave us.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Microsoft Excel<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My dear friend <strong>Secundino Villarreal<\/strong>, Electromechanical Engineer and physics teacher at the Technological University of Panama launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/excelparaingenieria.com\/\">excelparaingenieria.com<\/a> where he is constantly publishing templates designed in Excel. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.excelparaingenieria.com\/gauss-jordan-ecuaciones-simultaneas-4x4-2\/#more-177\">We have used the Gauss Jordan: Simultaneous 4 x 4 Equations<\/a> template to solve the system of equations in this example. The template is available for free on the author&#8217;s website. When we download it we will see something like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"excel para ingenieria\" class=\"wp-image-11558 aligncenter\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1.png\" width=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1.png 1333w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-1-1024x345.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A little further down we will find a box where we enter the values of our equations. The template will automatically calculate the answers to the problem when doing the Gauss-Jordan reduction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8747\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"excel para ingenieria\" class=\"wp-image-12819 size-full aligncenter\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-2.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excel-para-ingenieria-2-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As we can see, the results are the same as those obtained with Microsoft Mathematics and Matlab. The user can choose the way he wants the data to be displayed, whether in scientific notation, fractions, decimals, etc. As we already said, the template can be downloaded from the author&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can use any calculator that can solve systems of linear equations to solve the system. Which method is ultimately used does not matter. In the end, what determines if the problem is good or bad is whether the sum of the voltages is done correctly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the following video (an old video, in Spanish) I show a summary of the content of this post, now using a Texas Instruments Nspire CX CAS calculator.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eOdx-0wM_ds]<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Kirchhoff&#8217;s Law of Voltages solved problems<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At Panama Hitek we have created a <a href=\"https:\/\/panamahitek.com\/?page_id=10744\">special section<\/a> to share solved electrical circuit theory problems. The solved problems have different levels of difficulty and have been designed to evaluate concepts in students of electrical engineering courses and related disciplines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">That is all for now. We hope that the information presented is useful to you. See ya&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post I will write about Kirchhoff&#8217;s Law of Voltages, one of the main laws of electricity used in the analysis of electrical and electronic circuits. The use of this tool is part of physics and circuit analysis courses, both at the high school level and college. What is a mesh? 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