What Are Some Electricity Questions That Involve Inductors and Capacitors?

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The discussion revolves around problems involving inductors and capacitors in the context of alternating current (AC) circuits. Participants are exploring concepts related to current and voltage relationships, signal bandwidth, and the behavior of oscillating functions.

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  • Participants are attempting to understand why the time average of the product of current and voltage across an inductor results in zero. They are also discussing the implications of sketching a product of cosine functions with differing frequencies and how to determine the bandwidth of a given signal.

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Some participants have provided insights regarding the nature of power dissipation in circuits with only inductors and capacitors, as well as the mathematical manipulation of cosine functions. However, there remains a lack of consensus on the interpretation of the oscillating functions and the calculation of bandwidth.

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Participants are navigating through the implications of specific frequency relationships (w2 << w1) and the characteristics of signals composed of products of trigonometric functions. There are indications of assumptions about power dissipation and the nature of oscillations that are being questioned.

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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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