Experimental Report 3 1
Experimental Report 3 1
Experimental Report 3 1
I. Experimental motivations
- Understanding the current across an inductor-resistor and RLC circuit.
- Calculating the energy of the oscillation RLC circuit.
II. Experimental result
Part 1: Resistance and Inductance of the coil
Without core
I0 = 0.8 (A)
VS = 4.9 (V)
Slope S = -916
V s 4. 9
The resistance of the coil: RL = = = 6.1 (Ω)
Io 0. 8
Vs 4.88
Coil inductance : Lw= = =6.68 x 10-3(H)
Io × S 0. 8× 916
1. Frequency:
2. Energy
We can find the graph of energy of each oscillation in the capacitance and the inductance and
then the energy
1
Uc = CV2 =1.2 x 10-4 J
2
1 2
UL = LI =2.13 x 10-3 J
2
1 1
The total energy: U = Uc + UL = CV2 + LI2 = 3.33 x 10-3 J
2 2
By combining the previous graphs, we have the graph present the energy in an RLC circuit:
Comment:
- After stopping the electric power, the energy of the circuit does not decrease rapidly to zero,
it reduces to zero over a short period of time.
- The energy of oscillations of the coil and the capacitor are damped oscillations.
Explain:
The energy of the circuit loses by the heat of the resistor at rate i2R
The graph of total energy is steepest at the time that the magnetic energy reaches a
local maximum because in these times, the current through the coil is highest, and the
loss of energy is mainly due to the resistance of the coil (ΔQ=i2R).