What Are Some Electricity Questions That Involve Inductors and Capacitors?

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The discussion focuses on three main questions involving inductors and capacitors in electrical circuits. The first question addresses the time average of the product of current and voltage across an inductor, with the conclusion that the average is zero due to no power dissipation in purely reactive components. The second question involves sketching a waveform that combines two cosine functions with significantly different frequencies, confirming that it represents fast oscillations within a slower oscillating boundary. The third question pertains to finding the bandwidth of a signal expressed as a product of cosine functions, with the solution indicating that it can be simplified using trigonometric identities. Overall, the key takeaway is the behavior of inductors and capacitors in AC circuits and the mathematical relationships governing their interactions.
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1) Where I(t) = Iocoswt, and V' is the voltage across an inductance V' = L dI/dt, I am asked to work out the time average of <I V' >..

when i work it out, the answer comes to zero...any ideas why?

2)I'm asked to sketch I(t) = Acos(w1 t)cos(w2 t) where w2 << w1...

is this just fast oscillations of speed (w2) within a boundary that is itself oscillating (more slowly..) ? so a cos graph within a cos graph with bigger period?

3) Find the bandwith of the signal I(t) = A cos^2 (wt) cos(10wt)..

I know bandwith is the randge of angular frequencies present in I, but here its not just 10wt-wt is it? How do I work it out?

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no ideas?
 
anyone?
 
bon said:

Homework Statement



1) Where I(t) = Iocoswt, and V' is the voltage across an inductance V' = L dI/dt, I am asked to work out the time average of <I V' >..

when i work it out, the answer comes to zero...any ideas why?
No power is dissipated in a network with only inductors and capacitors.

2)I'm asked to sketch I(t) = Acos(w1 t)cos(w2 t) where w2 << w1...

is this just fast oscillations of speed (w2) within a boundary that is itself oscillating (more slowly..) ? so a cos graph within a cos graph with bigger period?
yes

3) Find the bandwith of the signal I(t) = A cos^2 (wt) cos(10wt)..

I know bandwith is the randge of angular frequencies present in I, but here its not just 10wt-wt is it? How do I work it out?

cos^2 (wt) is also a product of two cosines, so you can replace it with a sum involving
cos (0) and cos (2wt)
 
willem2 said:
No power is dissipated in a network with only inductors and capacitors.


yes



cos^2 (wt) is also a product of two cosines, so you can replace it with a sum involving
cos (0) and cos (2wt)

Just a quick questionn about I = Acos(w1 t)cos(w2 t) one..

so w2 << w1 so would w2 be the outer shell, and w1 be the inner, fast oscillations.. how would you describe this?
 
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