Physics 121: Electricity & Magnetism – Lecture 13 Carsten Denker NJIT Physics Department Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research LC Oscillations
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research LC Oscillations (cont.) Damped Oscillation
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Alternating Current/Forced Oscillations Whatever the natural angular frequency of a circuit may be, forced oscillations of charge, current, and potential difference in a circuit always occur at the driving frequency d. AC: alternating current DC: direct current d : driving angular frequency
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Resistive, Capacitive, & Inductive Load Resistor Capacitor Inductor
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Series RLC Circuit
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Series RLC Circuit (cont.) Impedance Current amplitude Phase constant Resonance
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Power in Alternating–Current Circuits RMS current RMS voltage RMS EMF Average power
April 18, 2007Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Transformers Step–up transformer Step–down transformer Transformation of voltage Transformation of currents Load resistance