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OBJECTIVE:

Students will test the theory of inductors, emphasizing the charging and
discharging points of an inductor. For this, a simulation will be carried out in a software
that allows it, and it will also have to be verified by applying the current formula given an
indicated time.
DEVELOPING:
To verify the theory about inductors, we performed a simulation in the
"Multisim" software. The circuit is made up of the inductor, a power supply, a
resistor and two switches.
Practice has different stages, which are when
the circuit is open, when the circuit is closed, but
these two are having the second switch in the same
position. When the second position switch is moved,
two other approaches are generated.
In the first case, the circuit is open, since the
first switch is open, so there is no current flow, neither
in the inductor, nor in the resistance, so the current is
equal to zero, and what same for the currents of the
circuit components.
In the next stage, the switch is already closed,
so it begins to flow through the circuit, but since the
second switch is not connected in such a way that it
closes the circuit to ground, it is understood that the
circuit is still open, but what The thing is that the
inductor is charging, making that if in one case the first
switch opens, there will still be a current, but this will decrease.
In the third scenario, the first switch is open,
and the second position change, but since the first is
the one connected to the power supply, it does not
allow the circuit to be energized, so it is similar to the
first situation raised.
And in the last case we have that the first
switch is closed, and the second change of position,
so the inductor is charging, but this time if the circuit
is closed, so if the circuit is opened, the The current
that was in the inductor will discharge faster than if it
were in an RL circuit, where only the resistor and an
inductor are.
When using an inductor in a circuit, the current that does not pass through
it will not undergo a sudden change from one moment to another, this is
characterized in a graphical representation, where we can appreciate the time it
takes to reach the maximum current, and This can also be calculated by using the
formula to know the current in a given time, which is shown in the calculations of
this project.
In the simulation we can also see on an oscilloscope, since the software we
use has one, and several channels. In the following images we can see that the first
is when the circuit goes from being open to closed, and when it closes, the current
takes time to reach its maximum point, and can be seen on the oscilloscope
screen.
The second image shows how the current goes when the circuit is already
at its maximum current and opens, it also takes time to reach a current equal to
zero.
In the images it is shown as if it were a slope, but in reality they are curved,
since it changes exponentially, and not linearly.

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