AC

Class Work Problems - 1

1. A 1.5 mF capacitor is charged to 57 V by a battery, which is then removed. At time t = 0,

a 12 mH coil is connected in series with the capacitor to form an LC oscillator.
(a) What is the potential difference vL(t) across the inductor as a function of time?
(b) What is the maximum rate (di/dt)max at which the current i changes in the circuit?

2. A series RLC circuit has inductance L = 12 mH, capacitance C = 1.6 mF, and resistance R = 1.5
Ω and begins to oscillate at time t = 0.
(a) At what time t will the amplitude of the charge oscillations in the circuit be 50% of its
initial value? (Note that we do not know that initial value.)

(b) How many oscillations are completed within this time?

3. In Fig., resistance R is 200Ω and the sinusoidal alternating emf device

operates at amplitude Em = 36.0 V and frequency fd = 60.0 Hz.
(a) What is the potential difference VR(t) across the resistance as a
function of time t, and what is the amplitude VR of VR(t)?
(b) What are the current iR(t) in the resistance and the amplitude IR of
iR(t)?

4. In Fig., capacitance C is 15.0 mF and the sinusoidal alternating emf

device operates at amplitude Em = 36.0 V and frequency fd = 60.0 Hz.
(a) What are the potential difference VC(t) across the capacitance and
the amplitude VC of VC(t)?
(b) What are the current iC(t) in the circuit as a function of time and the
amplitude IC of iC(t)?

5. In Fig., let R = 200 Ω, C = 15.0 mF, L = 230 mH, fd = 60.0 Hz, and Em= 36.0 V.
(a) What is the current amplitude I?
(b) What is the phase constant Ø of the current in the circuit relative to the driving emf?
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