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Aim- To simulate analysis current and voltage in Step response of RLC circuit without any initially

charged capacitor or initial current through the capacitor.

Software used- MATLAB 7.10.0 (R2010A)

Circuit Diagram-

Theory –

Consider a series RLC circuit (one that has resistor, an inductor and a
capacitor) with a constant driving electro-motive force (emf) E. The current
equation for the circuit is
𝒅𝒊
𝑳 + 𝑹𝒊 + 𝒗 = 𝑽𝑺
𝒅𝒕

But,
𝒅𝒗
𝒊=𝑪
𝒅𝒕
𝒅𝟐 𝒗 𝒅𝒗
𝑳𝑪 𝟐
+ 𝑹𝑪 + 𝒗 = 𝑽𝑺
𝒅𝒕 𝒅𝒕
𝒅𝟐 𝒗 𝑹 𝒅𝒗 𝒗 𝑽𝑺
𝟐
+ + =
𝒅𝒕 𝑳 𝒅𝒕 𝑳𝑪 𝑳𝑪
Applying Laplace Transformation,
𝑽𝑺
𝑳𝑪[𝒔𝟐 𝑽𝑪 (𝒔) − 𝒔𝑽𝑪 (𝟎) − 𝒗′𝑪 (𝟎)] + 𝑹𝑪[𝒔𝑽𝑪 (𝒔) − 𝑽(𝟎)] + 𝑽𝑪 (𝒔) =
𝒔
𝑽𝑪 𝑹 𝟏
𝑽𝑪 (𝒔) = /𝒔 (𝒔𝟐 + 𝒔 + )
𝑳𝑪 𝑳 𝑹𝑪
Three conditions arise from the solutions of the above equation-

(i) UNDAMPED: R2< (4L/C)

(ii) CRITICALLY DAMPED: R2 = (4L/C)

(iii) OVER DAMPED: R2 > (4L/C)

Results-

(i) UNDAMPED: R2< (4L/C)


(ii)CRITICALLY DAMPED: R2 = (4L/C)
(iv) OVER DAMPED: R2 > (4L/C)

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