Basedonourinformation,weknowthattheswitchisopenedonlyduringthe1msand10ms mark.

Aswecaninspect,the

Aftertheswitchhasclosed,wecanseethatthecurrentattheinductorspikesatabout 10.282ms,0.282msaftertheswitchhasbeenclosed.Thepeakvoltagemeasuredacrossthe sparkplugwas23.049Vrecordedatthesametimeastheinductorvoltagemaximumof 10.282ms.Todeterminetheperiodofoscillation,wefindtheaveragetimebetweeneachpeak. Themorepeaksweuse,themoreaccurateourresult,inthiscase,thetoprowbeingthetimeat whichthevoltagepeakedandthetimedifferencebetweeneachsubsequentrecordedvoltage.

Wecanfurtheranalysetheperformanceofthecircuitandanalyseitsfunctionsbychangingthe resistanceofthecircuit.Forourfirsttest,welldeterminethechangewhentheresistanceis halvedfrom4to2.

Uponfirstinspection,wecanseethatthevoltageshavechangedanduponcloserinspection, thefrequencyofvoltageoscillationremainsunchanged. Thepeakvoltagerecordedacrossthesparkplugswas22.346V,a 1 22.346 = 3.05% decrease. 23.048 Theperiodofoscillationalsoremainsrelativelyunchanged,wecanassumethattheresultisthe exactsameandthattheminisculedifferenceanalysedisduetovisualerror.

Upondoublingtheresistancefrom4to8,wecanseethatthegraphretainsitsshapebuthasa muchmoreelongatedsparkplugvoltagereading:

Peakvoltageacrossinductoroccurs0.002msfasterthanpreviouslyat10.28ms Peakvoltageacrosssparkplugreads22.422Vat10.28ms Similarlytopreviousexperiment,therewasaminisculedifferenceintheperiodofoscillation:

Fromanalysingboththeseresults,wecanmakeafewassumptions.

Wecanseeinallthreecases,thatanincrease involtagewillresultinquickerdissipationofthe voltagesacrossthecapacitor,inductorandthe sparkplugs.Wecanfurtherelaboratethisby settingtheresistancetoamuchhighervalue andwouldexpecttoseefewerpeaksanda muchquickerdissipationofvoltageacrossall threeR,LandCcomponents.

Aspredicted,uponsettingtheresistanceto50, wecanseethesignificantdifferenceindissipated voltageswhichhavedrasticallyreducedthe numberofperiodsthatoccurineachcomponent.