AC Circuits Laboratory Report

Experiment 2
Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive Circuits

Submitted by:
Cancio, Gillian Claire G.

Tablemates:
Congson, Krizia Dianne N.
Verallo, Rhea Ann R.

Submitted to:
Engr. Forcadilla, Percival

I.

OBJECTIVES
1. To obtain the response of Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive circuits using AC
voltage source.
2. To know the Voltage and Current relationship in Resistive, Inductive, and
Capacitive circuits used in AC circuit analysis.

II.

DATA & RESULTS

Parameters
Resistive circuits
Vi(measured)
15 V
Vr(measured)
7.5 V
measured
0
---- calculated
XC
----XL
----Z
----Vi (sine function)
15sin392.699t
Vi (sine function)
7.5sin392.699t

Capacitive circuits

Inductive circuits

3V
0.525 V
83.08
88.20
3183.10
----36.11
3sin125.66t
0.525sin125.66t

14 V
1.75 V
85.71
82.74
----785.40
4.57
3sin59839.86t
1.75sin59839.86t

Chart 3: Vi and Vr waveforms for Inductive

circuits
Chart 2: Vi and Vr waveforms for
Chart 1: Vi and Vr waveforms for Resistive
Capacitive circuits
circuits

III.

INTERPRETATION OF DATA
For resistive circuits, both the voltage and the current passing through the resistor
have exactly the same form. Though their amplitudes might be different, but they
are still in-phase.
As seen in chart 2, Channel 2, which represents the voltage of the resistor, leads
the supply voltage at an approximate angle of 90, (88.20).

IV.

As seen in chart 3, Channel 1, which represents the supply voltage, leads the
voltage of the resistor at an approximate angle of 90, (82.74).

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1.
a. Resistive

b. Capacitive

V=j
l

c. Inductive

V=

1
I
jC
2. Current equations in terms of sine function
a. Resistive: i = Im sin(t)
b. Capacitive: i = Im sin(t-90)
c. Inductive: i = Im sin(t+90)
3. Current equations in terms of cosine function
a. Resistive: i = Im cos(t+90)
b. Capacitive: i = Im cos(t)
c. Inductive: i = Im cos(t+180)
V.

CONCLUSION
The relationship between the voltage and current varies to what elements
are present in the given circuits. For purely resistive circuits, the voltage
and current are in-phase even though they differ in amplitude. For
capacitive circuits the current leads the voltage by an angle of 90. This is
different from inductive circuits, since the voltage leads the current by
90.