Experimental Report 3

INDUCTOR AND FREE OSCILLATION IN RLC CIRCUIT

Verification of the instructors

Class: BF-E12

Group : 1

I. Experiment Motivations

- Understanding the current across an inductor-resistor and RLC circuit.

- Calculating the energy of the oscillation RLC circuit.

II. Experimental result

Part 1: Resistance and Inductance of the coil
 VS = 0.967 (V)
I0 = 0.17 (A)
Slope S = 820

The resistance of the coil:

V S 0.967
R L= = =5.69(Ω)
I O 0.17

Coil inductance :
VS 0.967 −3
LW /O = = =7.2 ×10 (H)
I O × S 0.17 ×820

Part
2: Free oscillation of the RLC circuit

a. Frequency
The current in RLC circuit:
T = 1.7x10-3 (s)

Lw/o = 7.2x10-3 (H)

C = 10x10-6 (F)

The frequency based on the graph:

1 1
f measured = = =5 88.2(Hz)
T 1.7 × 10−3

The
frequency based on theoretical calculation:

1 1
f prediction= = =5 93.13( Hz)
2 π √ LC 2 π √ 7.2 ×10−3 ×10 × 10−6

Comparison:

Δ f =f prediction −f measured =5 93.13−5 88.2=4.93(Hz)

b. Energy

The total energy in RLC circuit:

1 1
U =U c + U L = C V 2 + L I 2
2 2

Comment:

- After stopping the electric power, the energy of the circuit does not decrease
rapidly to zero, it reduces to zero over a short period of time.

- The energy of oscillations of the coil and the capacitor are damped oscillations.

Explain:

The energy of the circuit loses by the heat of the resistor at rate i 2 R

The graph of total energy is steepest at the time that the magnetic energy reaches a
local maximum because in these times, the current through the coil is highest, and
the loss of energy is mainly due to the resistance of the coil ( ΔQ=i 2 R ).