Will current flow in a circuit with two opposing diodes and a DC source?

[FeDeX_LaTeX]

Hi;

Consider this circuit (ignore my bad drawing):

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3967/diodes.png

In the picture there is one cell, two diodes and a bulb. Will the current get trapped in the second branch and continuously flow around that loop?

Thanks.

 

[willem2]

Hi;

Consider this circuit (ignore my bad drawing):

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3967/diodes.png

In the picture there is one cell, two diodes and a bulb. Will the current get trapped in the second branch and continuously flow around that loop?

Thanks.

According to Kirchhoff's loop rule,applied to the loop on the right, the potential difference across the bulb must be 0, so no current can flow through it.

 

[Born2bwire]

Well, no current will flow anyway because of the fact that the two diodes are facing each other and you have indicated a DC source.