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Physics 202

Thursday, Apirl 22, 1999

Announcements:
1. AC and RLC Circuits will be covered on April 22 and 27
2. Suggested HW problems that will not be collected : Chapter 33: 47, 51, 53, 65, 85, 87
The answers will be posted on April 29
3. Maxwell's equations will be covered in lecture on April 29. Expect 1 to 2 qualitative questions on the final
4.Recitation Instructors will annouce "normilazation" policy for  recitation grade.
5. "Normilazation" of lab grade will be announced next Tuesday.
6. More information on final will be announced in Tuesday and Thursday's lecture.

Lecture notes:
Capacitive Load

 

  • x = xmax sin wt    vc = Vc sin wt
    • qc = cvc = cVcsin wt
    • ic = dqc/dt = w cVccos wt
  • See Figure 33-9b
  • Note that cosq = sin (q +90)
    • Therefore: ic = w cVccos wt = w cVcsin (wt + 90o)
    •   vc = Vc sin wt
    • Therefore, ic leads vc by 90o or p/2 radians. They are out of phase by 90o .
    • See the phasor diagram in the text (Figure 33-9c
  • For a capacitive load: i = w cVcsin (wt + 90o) =  = Vcsin (wt + 90o)/ Xc
    • Xc = 1/ w c = Capacitive reactance


Inductive Load
  • See Figure 33-10a for a picture
  • vL = VL sin wt = L diL/dt ;   diL/dt = vL/L = VL/L sin wt
    • Therefore, iL = I(Integral) diL = VL/L I(Integral) sin wt dt = - (VL/wL) cos wt
    • XL = wL = inductive reactance
  • Note that   -cos wt = sin (wt -90)
    • Therefore, iL = -(VL/wL) cos wt = (VL/wL)sin (wt -90) = ILsin (wt -90)
    • When   vL = VL sin wt, therefore iL and vL are 90o out of phase but i lags behind
  • See Figure 33-10b and 33-10c


Summary
  • For resistor,  iR and vR are in phase.Therefore if vR = VRsin wt  and iR = IRsin wt, then iR =VR/R sin wt.
  • For a capacitor, ic leads vc by 90o. If vc = Vc sin wt, then  i = Icsin (wt + 90o) =  i = Vc/Xcsin (wt + 90o) where Xc = 1/wC.
  • For an inductor,  iL and vL are 90o out of phase but i lags behind. If vL = VL sin wt, then iL = ILsin (wt -90) = VL/XLsin (wt -90) where XL = wL.


RLC Circuit
  • An emf of x =xmax sin wt is applied. Since R, L, C are in series, the same current is flowing in the circuit.  i = I sin (wt-j)  where j  is the phase angle  or phase constant; because of L and C, we do not expect the phase constant to be equal to zero.

 
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