Mesh analysis

<p>Mesh analysis (or the mesh current method) is a <a href="/facts/Circuit_analysis/IjmVqbG8">circuit analysis</a> method for <a href="/facts/Planar_graph/plREagr9">planar circuits</a>; planar circuits are circuits that can be drawn on a <a href="/facts/Plane_(mathematics)/tAUtRFcn">plane surface</a> with no <a href="/facts/Wire/yyy05H1S">wires</a> crossing each other. A more general technique, called loop analysis (with the corresponding network variables called loop currents) can be applied to any circuit, planar or not. 
</p><p>Mesh analysis and loop analysis both make systematic use of <a href="/facts/Kirchhoff%27s_circuit_laws/fGAAFXB3">Kirchhoff’s voltage law</a> (KVL) to arrive at a set of equations guaranteed to be solvable if the circuit has a solution. Similarly, <a href="/facts/Nodal_analysis/7EvUkkFR">nodal analysis</a> is a systematic application of Kirchhoff's current law (KCL). Mesh analysis is usually easier to use when the circuit is planar, compared to loop analysis.
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Mesh analysis