In the above circuit there are three nodes.Node 1 is at the junction of the resistors 2Ω,1Ω and 4Ω
resistors.Node 2 is at the 1Ω resistor and node three is at the junction of the 1Ω and 4Ω resistors.
Starting from the right side loop,let the current in the first loop be i
1 and it gets divided into i
2 and i
3
at node 1.The current i2 flows in the upper loop.The current in the loop 2 be i4 and the current in the loop 3 be i5 and the current in the last loop be i2 + i5.
Now for loop 1 the voltage equation is:
2i1 + 4i3 = 10 -----(1)
For the loop 2 the voltage equation is :
i4 + (i4 - i3) x 4 = 0 ------(2)
For the loop 3 the voltage equation is :
4i5 +(i5 - i4) = 0 -------(3)
For the upper loop the voltage equation is :
i2= 0 -------(4)
For the last loop the voltage equation is :
i2 + i5 = 1 -------(5)
From equation (4) and (5),we get
i5= 1ampere
From equation (3),we get
5i5 - i4 = 0 or i4= 5ampere
From equation (2),we get
5i4 - 4i3 = 0 or 4i3= 25 or i3=(25/4)ampere
From equation (1),we get
2i1 + 4i3= 10 or 2i1= 10 - 4i3 = 10 - 4 x (25/4) = -15 or i1 = -(15/2)ampere.The negative sign shows that the current i1 flows in the opposite direction.
The voltage at node 1 is :
v1= i3 x 4 = (25/4) x 4 = 25Volt.
The voltage at node 2 is :
v2= i4 x 1 = 5 x 1 = 5Volt.
The voltage at node 3 is :
v3 = i5 x 4 = 1 x 4 = 4Volt.